[SLE] continuous high load while nothing's happening??
Hello all, My machine continuously is running with a load of 1.0 (was 1.9) while idling. I already brought it down by limiting the nscd threads and stopping all daemons that aren't necessary, but is still stays at a minimum load of 1.0 This is not what it used to be. I am running kernel 2.2.14 Does anyone know where to look for? Is there a way to see which processes are causing the high load? Included is a result of 'ps ax' PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1 ? S 0:02 init 2 ? SW 0:00 [kflushd] 3 ? SW 0:00 [kupdate] 4 ? SW 0:00 [kpiod] 5 ? SW 0:00 [kswapd] 84 ? S 0:00 /sbin/cardmgr 101 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd 105 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/klogd -c 1 134 ? DW 0:00 [apmd] 135 ? SW 0:00 [apmd] 139 ? SW 0:00 [atd] 143 ? SW 0:00 [inetd] 156 ? SW 0:00 [lpd] 174 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron 198 tty1 SW 0:00 [login] 199 tty2 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 200 tty3 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 201 tty4 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 202 tty5 S 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 203 tty6 SW 0:00 [mingetty] 204 ? SW 0:00 [kdm] 206 ? S 0:55 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-vlBkOv 207 ? SW 0:00 [kdm] 217 ? SW 0:00 [xconsole] 224 ? S 0:01 kwm 262 ? S 0:01 kfm -d 268 ? S 0:01 kbgndwm 271 ? S 0:00 krootwm 274 ? S 0:03 kpanel 280 ? S 0:02 kfm 285 ? SN 0:00 /opt/kde/bin/krock.kss -delay 5 -install -corners iiii -nice 19 298 ? S 0:04 /usr/X11R6/bin/xosview.bin 301 ? S 0:00 kcmlaptop -daemon 344 ? S 0:00 /sbin/dhclient eth0 358 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd 359 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd 360 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd 361 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd 362 tty1 S 0:00 -bash 370 ? S 0:24 /opt/netscape/netscape 372 ? Z 0:00 [chmod <defunct>] 379 ? S 0:00 (dns helper) 563 tty1 S 0:00 mc 564 ? S 0:00 cons.saver /dev/tty1 565 pts/0 S 0:00 bash -rcfile .bashrc 566 pts/0 R 0:00 ps ax BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Arjen Runsink wrote:
My machine continuously is running with a load of 1.0 (was 1.9) while idling.
To add to the info Xosview tells me that interrupt 0 is continuously high. This is the interrupt for the timer device ?? How can that be? Stopping apmd and kcmlaptop does not change this. BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Arjen Runsink wrote:
Arjen Runsink wrote:
My machine continuously is running with a load of 1.0 (was 1.9) while idling.
To add to the info Xosview tells me that interrupt 0 is continuously high. This is the interrupt for the timer device ?? How can that be?
Stopping apmd and kcmlaptop does not change this.
Spoke to soon about apmd and kcmlaptop. They are the culprits. they eache raise the usage about .4 to .5 thats not good! -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Arjen Runsink wrote:
Spoke to soon about apmd and kcmlaptop. They are the culprits. they each raise the usage about .4 to .5 thats not good!
I have downloaded, compiled and installed the latest version of apmd (3.0final, I was running 2.5) my load has dropped *significantly* from 1.3 to 0.1!! And if I stop working on it for a while it even goes to 0.0 wow Thanks for the input BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On 24-Feb-00 Arjen Runsink wrote:
206 ? S 0:55 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-vlBkOv
370 ? S 0:24 /opt/netscape/netscape ^^^^ ^^^^
I would suspect that netscape has done something silly and is stuck in a loop of some sort. I sometimes get this problem on my boxes. A good tool to use is "top" as this will dynamically show you what process is using the most cpu time. Dont worry about the timer interrupt, it should be running all the time (100 times a second I think). Peter. ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Peter Onion <ponion@srd.bt.co.uk> Date: 24-Feb-00 Time: 17:06:18 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Peter Onion wrote:
On 24-Feb-00 Arjen Runsink wrote:
206 ? S 0:55 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt07 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-vlBkOv
370 ? S 0:24 /opt/netscape/netscape ^^^^ ^^^^
I would suspect that netscape has done something silly and is stuck in a loop of some sort. I sometimes get this problem on my boxes.
Netscape is running because I am writing my email with it. It' s not doing anything silly. :-) Top only tells me the processor usage. Not which causes the high load factor. BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On 24-Feb-00 Arjen Runsink wrote:
Netscape is running because I am writing my email with it. It' s not doing anything silly. :-) Top only tells me the processor usage. Not which causes the high load factor.
Yup, I'm wrong.... Peter Onion. ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Peter Onion <ponion@srd.bt.co.uk> Date: 24-Feb-00 Time: 17:27:05 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi. At 18:14 on 24 Feb 00, Arjen Runsink begun to yabber about "Re: [SLE] continuous high load whil" Date sent: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:14:00 +0100 From: Arjen Runsink <arjen@technologist.com> Send reply to: arjen@technologist.com Organization: Have you seen my desk? I think not. To: Peter Onion <ponion@srd.bt.co.uk> Copies to: "suse-linux-e@suse.com" <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] continuous high load while nothing's happening??
Netscape is running because I am writing my email with it. It' s not doing anything silly. :-) Top only tells me the processor usage. Not which causes the high load factor.
Memory and disk usage will cause high load.. If your disk is not thrashing and there is not much processor usage going on then it is memory causing your prob.. Press "M" i think in top to sort by memory usage.. Cya Matthew Matthew King: Network Engineer, Cable & Wireless Optus. My ICQ#: 2342475 Message me! Cellular Phone: +61 415 257 516 041 525 7516 (Inside .au) Home e-mail: nerd@zip.com.au Work e-mail: Matthew.King@cwo.net.au Homepage: http://www.zip.com.au/~nerd/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT d+ s: a--- C++++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E---- W++ N++ o++ K w O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t+ 5++++ X++ R+ tv++ b+++ DI+++++ D++ G+++ e* h* r++ y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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