[expert] locked -- ps related stuff
What would cause the following - other than hardware issues - I've only seen this type of behavior a log time ago when I had intermittent power to my HD drives. And that was with an older system. Specifically, any number of ps/w/top or related commands are hanging the shell. urpmi.update -a also hangs the shell. I am in the middle of a backup and so far have had to abort it twice and restart because of this. These processes are blocking so that I end up with a very high load average -- at present it is over 20. Surprisingly, system response is speedy - it's just that the system thinks each of these processes is one that's waiting in the run queue, which of course, they are. Oh well, reboot time again. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] locked -- ps related stuff
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 15:53, David E. Fox wrote: > What would cause the following - other than hardware issues - I've only > seen this type of behavior a log time ago when I had intermittent power > to my HD drives. > > And that was with an older system. hardware -- overheating, low power, gremlins. > > Specifically, any number of ps/w/top or related commands are hanging the > shell. urpmi.update -a also hangs the shell. I am in the middle of a backup > and so far have had to abort it twice and restart because of this. These > processes are blocking so that I end up with a very high load average -- at > present it is over 20. > lacking access to /proc would do that -- any difference if root? msec up at 4 or 5? > Surprisingly, system response is speedy - it's just that the system thinks > each of these processes is one that's waiting in the run queue, which of > course, they are. > > Oh well, reboot time again. > > > David E. Fox Thanks for letting me > [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. > --- > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] locked -- ps related stuff
> hardware -- overheating, low power, gremlins. Well, it was gremlins in the other system -- actually the power cable to the drives was a bit flaky, so anything that would access the drive (ex. df, ls, etc.) would hang, with a corresponding linear increase in the overall load average. This time, it's different -- and it seems to have gone away in the last urpmi --auto-select. > lacking access to /proc would do that -- any difference if root? msec up > at 4 or 5? msec is standard; I don't raise it higher. root would hang as well as a user. No difference there. Reboot & urpmi seems to have fixed this problem -- now there's no kicker panel on my kde. D&*thing came up in twm :( > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] locked -- ps related stuff
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 23:00, Jack Coates wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 15:53, David E. Fox wrote: > > What would cause the following - other than hardware issues - I've only > > seen this type of behavior a log time ago when I had intermittent power > > to my HD drives. > > > > And that was with an older system. > > hardware -- overheating, low power, gremlins. what does 'df' say > > > > > Specifically, any number of ps/w/top or related commands are hanging the > > shell. urpmi.update -a also hangs the shell. I am in the middle of a backup > > and so far have had to abort it twice and restart because of this. These > > processes are blocking so that I end up with a very high load average -- at > > present it is over 20. > > > > lacking access to /proc would do that -- any difference if root? msec up > at 4 or 5? > > > Surprisingly, system response is speedy - it's just that the system thinks > > each of these processes is one that's waiting in the run queue, which of > > course, they are. > > > > Oh well, reboot time again. > > > > > > David E. Fox Thanks for letting me > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. > > --- > > > > > > > > __ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
