On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:00:34PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a ThinkPad (Core i7, 2.67GHz) with F17 and I'm seeing high system > > loads persistently. Right from boot up I see loads of 1, and often it > > goes up to 2 or more. > > > > Things I have looked at: > > 1. I'm using Xfce, so the desktop environment is also light. > > 2. I looked at the output of `systemctl list-units' and don't see any > > unnecessary services enabled. > > 3. top only says currently Xorg is the most active process with 1% CPU > > activity. From the activity summary of atop since boot, I see it's > > Xorg with 3% CPU usage. And while idling all my 4 logical cores are > > throttled down and are at about 1%. > > > > So my question is since CPU usage is already so low, what could be > > driving up the system load? This is bugging me since I also see a > > general sluggishness compared to a much faster system early this year. > > > > To answer myself; after I upgraded to kernel 3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64 > yesterday, I haven't seen any issues with load. My average load when > browsing, reading email, or other regular desktop activities is ~ 0.22. > > Cheers, > Just curious, I dont see your comments on what *top* tells you? you did try running top ? > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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