On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 11:46, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote: > So... Given that I have no info (anymore) about what processes were > running etc., I suppose finding out what was going on is a bit > difficult (to say the least), but any insights would be appreciated. > For example, are there any cleanup operations that could be done > automatically and scheduled with cron? Could I have used something > other than top (e.g. ps with some magic switches) to find out what was > going on? When things slow down extremely such as this -- are there > other likely causes than some process (or processes) hogging CPU > and/or memory?
I've seen vi sessions, when they lose their controlling terminal, go completely haywire then start consuming memory. One session started taking over 400M. Were you, by any chance, using vi? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
