On 2011-10-23, Uwe Klein <u...@klein-habertwedt.de> wrote: > A C wrote: >> More interesting is that the cpu was pegged until I was able to kill and >> restart ntpd. Most of the cpu was devoted to ntpd during this locked up >> period. Simple things like typing at the console were difficult. It >> would take a few seconds for a keypress to register on the screen. Once >> ntpd was restarted the system responded normally and the cpu usage >> dropped to normal levels. >> >> This is still version 4.2.6p3. I should probably go ahead and compile >> the most recently released version but I'm at a loss to understand why >> it happened. > > CPU (over)loaded > or the system is swapping like mad ?
That would destroy everything ( ie slow everything to a crawl). Also ntpd is a small program and especially at heightened niceness (which he said he used) should not get swapped out or affected. > ( I'd think it is swapping? ) > > uwe _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
