Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-08-02 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:28 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3. You have to compile the drivers from source. They require the kernel-devel > package to be installed in order to compile, of course. But if you are > running the PAE kernel, you need to install kernel-PAE-devel to compile >

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-08-02 Thread Johnny Hughes
listmail wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:48:55 -0700, I wrote I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing a load average of between 0.35 and 0.50 while the machine is idle, i.e. no processes appear to be running. Both top and uptime report the same thing. Looking at t

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-08-01 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:48:55 -0700, I wrote > I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing > a load average of between 0.35 and 0.50 while the machine is idle, i.e. > no processes appear to be running. > > Both top and uptime report the same thing. Looking at top, I can

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-21 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:00 AM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:20:53 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, I downloaded the CentOS 5.2 Live CD and booted from it. To eliminate >> > load fro

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-21 Thread listmail
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:20:53 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I downloaded the CentOS 5.2 Live CD and booted from it. To eliminate > > load from the GUI, I forced the system into runlevel 3 and ran top. > > I see the sam

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-21 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:56:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote >> Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine,

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-21 Thread listmail
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:06:54 -0400, William Warren wrote > the issue occurs even on a live cd so the machine's software load > isn't suspect. It's the nics. > It sure does look like it. I submitted a bug to the CentOS bug tracker, so hopefully someone better equipped than I to resolve this can d

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-21 Thread William Warren
the issue occurs even on a live cd so the machine's software load isn't suspect. It's the nics. Lorenzo Martínez Rodríguez wrote: William Warren escribió: post it on the centos bug tracker to start..:) listmail wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:56:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote Stephen John Smo

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-21 Thread Lorenzo Martínez Rodríguez
William Warren escribió: post it on the centos bug tracker to start..:) listmail wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:56:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel ma

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-20 Thread William Warren
post it on the centos bug tracker to start..:) listmail wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:56:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing a

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-20 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:56:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote > Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing > >> a load average of between 0.35 and 0.50 while the

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread John R Pierce
Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing a load average of between 0.35 and 0.50 while the machine is idle, i.e. no processes appear to be running. Download

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing > a load average of between 0.35 and 0.50 while the machine is idle, i.e. > no processes appear to be running. > Download the livecd and boot using it. Se

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Nataraj
On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 16:54 -0700, listmail wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:28:55 -0400, Dan Halbert wrote > > listmail wrote: > > >it has the same problem: load average 0.4 when idle. > > > > If you disconnect or shut down the NIC(s), does that make any difference? > > > Good suggestion. Disconn

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:32:42 -0400, Dan Halbert wrote > You mentioned these are Supermicro X7DBN boards. They use the Intel > > (ESB2/Gilgal) 82563EB Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller. There's > an open bug here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=403121, > "e1000: issues with Intel

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Dan Halbert
You mentioned these are Supermicro X7DBN boards. They use the Intel (ESB2/Gilgal) 82563EB Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller. There's an open bug here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=403121, "e1000: issues with Intel ESB2/Gilgal (82563EB)". It doesn't describe your problem, but

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:22:29 -0700 (PDT), Mark Pryor wrote > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the ht flag means the cpu supports hyperthreading > lm means that you can run 64 bit. > > By the way, is it an i386 kernel? > Yes, it's the i386 kernel. > I've seen only o

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:26:24 -0400, Dan Halbert wrote > listmail wrote: > > Good suggestion. Disconnecting the Ethernet cables from the NICs did not > > make a difference. However, shutting down the interfaces (e.g ifdown eth0, > > ifdown eth1) did cut the load average down to nothing (0.00). > > >

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Dan Halbert
listmail wrote: Good suggestion. Disconnecting the Ethernet cables from the NICs did not make a difference. However, shutting down the interfaces (e.g ifdown eth0, ifdown eth1) did cut the load average down to nothing (0.00). So it wasn't actual traffic, but something that the interfaces were do

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Mark Pryor
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle > To: "CentOS mailing list" > Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 4:27 PM > On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:04:17 -0700 (

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:28:55 -0400, Dan Halbert wrote > listmail wrote: > >it has the same problem: load average 0.4 when idle. > > If you disconnect or shut down the NIC(s), does that make any difference? > Good suggestion. Disconnecting the Ethernet cables from the NICs did not make a differenc

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Dan Halbert
listmail wrote: >it has the same problem: load average 0.4 when idle. If you disconnect or shut down the NIC(s), does that make any difference? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:04:17 -0700 (PDT), Mark Pryor wrote > > Replying to my own post as a follow-up. I just checked > > another machine that > > I am burning in with CentOS 5.2, and it has the same > > problem: load average > > ~0.4 when idle. Both of these machines have Supermicro > > X7DBN moth

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Mark Pryor
> Replying to my own post as a follow-up. I just checked > another machine that > I am burning in with CentOS 5.2, and it has the same > problem: load average > ~0.4 when idle. Both of these machines have Supermicro > X7DBN motherboards, > but one is running a single quad-core CPU (Intel Xeon) a

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:21:44 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote > listmail wrote: > > > > Are you running X ... how many processes (on average are running). > > Running X and logged in with applets and such, I have this: > === > top - 17:18:49 up

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Johnny Hughes
listmail wrote: Are you running X ... how many processes (on average are running). Running X and logged in with applets and such, I have this: === top - 17:18:49 up 4:13, 3 users, load average: 0.15, 0.27, 0.32 Tasks: 153 total, 2 ru

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:50:18 -0700, listmail wrote > On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:15 -0700 (PDT), Mark Pryor wrote > > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [CentOS] Load Aver

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:15 -0700 (PDT), Mark Pryor wrote > --- On Sat, 7/19/08, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle > > To: "CentOS mailing list" >

Re: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread Mark Pryor
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: listmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle > To: "CentOS mailing list" > Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 1:48 PM > I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core

[CentOS] Load Average ~0.40 when idle

2008-07-19 Thread listmail
I am running CentOS 5 on a dual-dual-core Intel machine, and I am seeing a load average of between 0.35 and 0.50 while the machine is idle, i.e. no processes appear to be running. Both top and uptime report the same thing. Looking at top, I cannot see any processes that are using CPU time except