The tools to diagnose this are:
top (to see what is using all of the CPU)
kill (to stop it)
a console terminal (don't use X-terminals, in case it's a X problem :)
Seth
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Christopher Allen wrote:
> Hi Eug-luggies,
>
> I have been having major up-time problems with my computer since day-one a
> couple of weeks ago. I don't think it is netscape: After I have been using
> my computer for a couple of hourse - sometimes as little as half-an-hour
> -- The processor will suddenly redlines and everything that requires more
> than a minimal amount of CPU power goes very slowly (or goes so
> slow it appears to hang, in the case of CPU-hungry netscape). Terminal
> emulators work fine.
>
> Restarting X sometimes works but usually I have to reboot. Hardware
> problem? Perhaps someone standing on carpet with rubber shoes on (not
> me! I know better), touching the underside of my motherboard with his
> bare hands before I installed it? Oh, well, *there's* x-hundred dollars of
> parts down the drain. Time to get the old sledgehammer out and call a
> smash party....
>
> Bye for now. I need to reboot my computer -- for the fourth time today.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> -Chris
>
