Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:34:28 -0700 Clint Pachl <[email protected]> > Does /var/log/* have any clues?
No. > Philippe Meunier wrote on 11/15/16 06:11: > > Hello, > > > > I'm just curious: what is it in the kernel that wakes up about every > > minute to do some work even on a completely idle machine? I'm asking > > because xload shows some curious looking saw shaped load like this: > > http://www.ccis.northeastern.edu/home/meunier/xload.jpg > > That's on an idle Thinkpad T43 running OpenBSD 6.0-release. At first > > I thought it might be something like cupsd, but even after killing > > daemons one by one and going to single user mode these regular peaks > > still continue. So I guess it's due to some kernel thread? I tried > > to use "top -S" but couldn't figure out the source. Does anyone have > > any idea of how to find it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Philippe > Hi Philippe, It is most likely the result of running X while idling measuring idling.. Well, it is most interesting what you would be trying to measure with it. Kind regards, Anton
