On Monday 15 Jul 2002 10:52 pm, you wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> >During the evening my machine has got slower and slower, and now it takes
> >almost a minute to open any application. I have logged out, and even
> > halted, but it persists.
> >
> >During the bootup messages I briefly saw something to the effect that a
> >compressed image had been found and was being uncompressed. Is this
> >significant?
> >
> >How, using Process Management, can I identify the process(es) causing my
> >problem, so that I can hang up?
> >
> >Anne
> >
> >
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> >
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> Why does this stuff never happen to me?
>
> It is very very hard to guide someone when You've never seen the situation.
>
> OK, next time it happens
>
> ps aux > myfile
> tail -n 40 /var/log/messages >> myfile
>
> then C&P myfile to your email.
>
> The only daemon I am aware of that could cause this is jabberd which
> seems to have a severe memory leak, so if you are using any instant
> messenger based on jabberd, it will eat so much of your memory that
> swap will be used whenever you try to open a new app, which causes a
> tremendous slowdown.
>
> The solution if that is the problem is simple
>
> urpme jabberd
>
> which will rip out jabber and everything that uses it.
>
> Civileme
No - I don't use an instant messenger.
Myfile info coming up:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 1412 504 ? S Jul15 0:07 init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15 0:00 [keventd]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15 0:00 [kapmd]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Jul15 0:00
[ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15
0:00 [kswapd]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15 0:00 [bdflush]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15 0:00 [kupdated]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW< Jul15 0:00 [mdrecoveryd]
root 66 0.0 0.1 1752 892 ? S Jul15 0:00 devfsd /dev
root 220 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15 0:00 [khubd]
root 1010 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Jul15 0:00 [eth0]
rpc 1092 0.0 0.1 1544 532 ? S Jul15 0:00 portmap
root 1115 0.0 0.1 1484 592 ? S Jul15 0:00 syslogd -m 0
root 1124 0.0 0.2 2012 1108 ? S Jul15 0:00 klogd -2
root 1158 0.0 0.1 1724 808 ? S Jul15 0:00 rpc.statd
root 1254 0.0 0.0 1396 496 ? S Jul15 0:00 /usr/sbin/apmd
-pdaemon 1280 0.0 0.0 1436 496 ? S Jul15 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
named 1305 0.0 0.4 10236 2420 ? S Jul15 0:00 named -u named
named 1306 0.0 0.4 10236 2420 ? S Jul15 0:00 named -u named
named 1307 0.0 0.4 10236 2420 ? S Jul15 0:00 named -u named
named 1311 0.0 0.4 10236 2420 ? S Jul15 0:00 named -u named
named 1316 0.0 0.4 10236 2420 ? S Jul15 0:00 named -u named
root 1357 0.0 0.1 2304 1016 ? S Jul15 0:00 xinetd
-stayaliveroot 1398 0.0 0.4 5356 2488 ? S Jul15 0:00 cupsd
root 1422 0.0 0.2 2376 1320 ? S Jul15 0:00
/usr/sbin/dhcpd -root 1649 0.0 0.1 1452 524 ? S Jul15
0:00 gpm -t imps2 -m /root 1750 0.0 0.1 1620 664 ? S Jul15
0:00 crond
root 1784 0.0 0.9 6904 5076 ? S Jul15 0:00 /usr/bin/perl
/usxfs 1809 0.0 0.9 6380 5088 ? S Jul15 0:02 xfs -port
-1 -daeroot 1837 0.0 0.3 4668 1768 ? S Jul15 0:00 smbd -D
root 1848 0.0 0.3 3740 1728 ? S Jul15 0:00 nmbd -D
root 1849 0.0 0.2 3672 1412 ? S Jul15 0:00 nmbd -D
root 2078 0.0 0.0 1380 408 tty1 S Jul15 0:00 /sbin/mingetty
ttroot 2079 0.0 0.0 1380 408 tty2 S Jul15 0:00
/sbin/mingetty ttroot 2080 0.0 0.0 1380 408 tty3 S Jul15
0:00 /sbin/mingetty ttroot 2081 0.0 0.0 1380 408 tty4 S Jul15
0:00 /sbin/mingetty ttroot 2082 0.0 0.0 1380 408 tty5 S
Jul15 0:00 /sbin/mingetty ttroot 2083 0.0 0.0 1380 408 tty6 S
Jul15 0:00 /sbin/mingetty ttroot 2084 0.0 0.1 2404 692 ?
S Jul15 0:00 /usr/bin/kdm -nodroot 2095 0.1 2.3 54412 11820 ?
S< Jul15 0:35 /etc/X11/X -deferroot 2102 0.0 0.2 3328 1412 ?
S Jul15 0:00 -:0
anne 2184 0.0 0.2 2432 1200 ? S Jul15 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/bin/anne 2205 0.0 0.4 7456 2468 ? S Jul15 0:00
/usr/bin/medusa-ianne 2339 0.0 1.1 18244 6116 ? S Jul15
0:00 kdeinit: dcopservanne 2345 0.0 1.7 20440 9032 ? S Jul15
0:00 kdeinit: kded
anne 2360 0.0 1.1 18632 5928 ? S Jul15 0:00 kdeinit:
Running.anne 2364 0.0 1.4 19740 7476 ? S Jul15 0:00
kdeinit: klauncheanne 2452 0.0 1.3 14692 7068 ? S Jul15
0:00 ksmserver --restoanne 2471 0.0 2.0 21028 10384 ? S Jul15
0:03 kdeinit: kwin -seanne 2473 0.0 2.3 21836 12264 ? S
Jul15 0:01 kdeinit: kdesktopanne 2477 0.0 2.5 23240 13304 ? S
Jul15 0:04 kdeinit: kicker
anne 2504 0.0 1.9 21048 9968 ? S Jul15 0:00 kdeinit:
klipper anne 2506 0.0 1.7 20460 8988 ? S Jul15 0:00
kdeinit: kwrited anne 2507 0.0 2.9 25372 15216 ? S Jul15
0:02 alarmd
anne 2508 0.0 0.0 1636 484 pts/0 S Jul15 0:00 /bin/cat
anne 2519 0.0 1.9 22776 10200 ? S Jul15 0:00 kdeinit:
knotify anne 3185 0.9 3.5 29464 18468 ? S 06:09 0:21 kmail
-caption KManne 3186 0.1 1.7 17172 9152 ? S 06:11 0:04 kpm
-icon kpm.pnganne 3203 0.0 1.8 17856 9700 ? S 06:19 0:00
/usr/bin/kppp
root 3204 0.0 0.8 15448 4416 ? S 06:19 0:00 /usr/bin/kppp
root 3321 0.0 0.1 1916 856 ttyS0 S 06:36 0:00 pppd 115200
-detaanne 3427 3.5 1.9 19956 9908 ? S 06:47 0:00 konsole
--noxft
anne 3428 0.7 0.3 2764 1568 pts/1 S 06:47 0:00 /bin/bash
anne 3455 0.0 0.1 2672 748 pts/1 R 06:48 0:00 ps aux
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/folk
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/jazz
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/misc
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/newage
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/reggae
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/rock
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/soundtrack
Jul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux : -
/usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/komba2-0.71-1.i686.mdk.rpmJul 16 04:03:45 anne-linux :
- /var/spool/samba
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux CROND[3149]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts
/etc/cron.hourly)
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/open_port.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/suid_root.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/unowned_group.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/writeable.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/suid_md5.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/unowned_user.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 05:01:00 anne-linux msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/suid_group.today from 644 to 640
Jul 16 06:01:00 anne-linux CROND[3167]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts
/etc/cron.hourly)
Jul 16 06:20:19 anne-linux pppd[3207]: pppd 2.4.1 started by anne, uid 501
Jul 16 06:20:19 anne-linux pppd[3207]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 16 06:20:19 anne-linux pppd[3207]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tts/0
Jul 16 06:20:19 anne-linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Jul 16 06:20:23 anne-linux pppd[3207]: local IP address 62.64.171.81
Jul 16 06:20:23 anne-linux pppd[3207]: remote IP address 213.120.78.74
Jul 16 06:20:23 anne-linux pppd[3207]: primary DNS address 212.74.112.66
Jul 16 06:20:23 anne-linux pppd[3207]: secondary DNS address 212.74.112.67
Jul 16 06:36:04 anne-linux pppd[3207]: LCP terminated by peer
Jul 16 06:36:07 anne-linux pppd[3207]: Connection terminated.
Jul 16 06:36:07 anne-linux pppd[3207]: Connect time 15.8 minutes.
Jul 16 06:36:07 anne-linux pppd[3207]: Sent 12352 bytes, received 149066
bytes.
Jul 16 06:36:07 anne-linux pppd[3207]: Exit.
Jul 16 06:36:07 anne-linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event not
supported
Jul 16 06:36:41 anne-linux pppd[3321]: pppd 2.4.1 started by anne, uid 501
Jul 16 06:36:41 anne-linux pppd[3321]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 16 06:36:41 anne-linux pppd[3321]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tts/0
Jul 16 06:36:41 anne-linux /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up
Jul 16 06:36:43 anne-linux pppd[3321]: local IP address 62.64.233.32
Jul 16 06:36:43 anne-linux pppd[3321]: remote IP address 213.120.78.72
Jul 16 06:36:43 anne-linux pppd[3321]: primary DNS address 212.74.114.193
Jul 16 06:36:43 anne-linux pppd[3321]: secondary DNS address 212.74.112.66
[anne@anne-linux anne]$
Anne
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