-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I use gkrellm to monitor (casually) whats happening w/ my machine. Lately I've had periods where the system load gets quite high (20) While cpu usage and disk activity are normal (~10%) This causes excruciatingly slow screen re-draws, kicker responding weeks after I've moused the bottom of the screen, etc. I've used gtop and kde system guard to see what processes are running. They will tell me if a process is using alot of cpu time and allow me to adjust the processes nice values if I want. Unfortunately what I want to know what is causing excessive SYSTEM LOAD (since cpu usage is normal) and be able to gain control back of the system. Niether of the above programs give me this info. I prefer gui interfaces but will use the shell when forced. One of the offending processes is related to konq saving my obscenely large bookmarks file (I'm working on it) Thanks for your Ideas - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+4n+5BwgxlylUsJARAou5AJ4kuvW8QS/+uXrYUOGzHJZTG0gISgCeMgql aQTlSOPPLNHIzKZP7amY5tY= =+nvs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----