Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-27 Thread Stijn Hoop
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 12:34:29PM -0500, Michael D Hughes wrote: What does systat -vm show? OK, it happened again, so I tried your suggestion. Guess what, it waits 5 seconds then prints this: The alternate system clock has died! Reverting to ``pigs'' display. I don't know what the 'alternate

got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Stijn Hoop
Hi, On a lightly loaded server top is misbehaving: it continuously shows all CPU states at 0.0% yet my load varies from 0.50 to about 3. Is there any explanation for this? Obviously, my kernel + world are in sync, running 4.8-RELEASE. Rebuilding top did no good. --Stijn [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Load averages and current load are two different things. I suspect you didn't catch it when it was busy. Tom Veldhouse - Original Message - From: Stijn Hoop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:11 AM Subject: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing? Hi

Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Stijn Hoop
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:14:39AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: Load averages and current load are two different things. I suspect you didn't catch it when it was busy. I know, but I've been running top for about 15 minutes now, and it consistently shows 0.0%. I can also assume that top

Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
: Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing? On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:14:39AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: Load averages and current load are two different things. I suspect you didn't catch it when it was busy. I know, but I've been running top for about 15 minutes now

Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Stijn Hoop
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:25:24AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: Any chance you are running an SMP system? You might be seeing the usage of only one CPU? Nope, UP only. --Stijn -- Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't

Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Chuck Swiger
Stijn Hoop wrote: On a lightly loaded server top is misbehaving: it continuously shows all CPU states at 0.0% yet my load varies from 0.50 to about 3. Is there any explanation for this? Maybe. :-) I was going to say that on fast machines, it's not unusual for processes which start up and then

Re: got load 1 but no CPU state is showing?

2003-06-16 Thread Stijn Hoop
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:19:59PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: Stijn Hoop wrote: On a lightly loaded server top is misbehaving: it continuously shows all CPU states at 0.0% yet my load varies from 0.50 to about 3. Is there any explanation for this? Maybe. :-) I was going to say that on