Thanks for your reply. Cann't find systat on my system. Found System monitor, but this is a Gnome program there for help doesn't work. Have to wait until it happens again. /bill from 169 west 19 south (where the hell is that?) Registered Linux user #298909 http://counter.li.org On Saturday 08 February 2003 11:00, Franz Knuts wrote:
Le Samedi 8 Février 2003 21:28, Bill Wisse a écrit :
Hi All
On several occasions I have noticed that for no apparent reason the CPU is
extremely busy.
The system monitor shows "0%idle" even after I closed down all the running
programs.
I left it for a couple of hours (thinking its cleaning up something) but
still busy.
For a long checks of CPU usage, you can use the package systat.It contains the following commands:
iostat - Report Central Processing Unit (CPU) statistics and input/output statistics for devices and partitions. sar - Collect, report, or save system activity information. isag - Interactive System Activity Grapher
Franz
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