Hi,
On a lightly loaded server top is misbehaving: it continuously shows all
CPU states at 0.0% yet my load varies from 0.50 to about 3. Is there
any explanation for this?
Obviously, my kernel + world are in sync, running 4.8-RELEASE.
Rebuilding top did no good.
--Stijn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l
Load averages and current load are two different things. I suspect you
didn't catch it when it was busy.
Tom Veldhouse
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From: "Stijn Hoop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:14:39AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> Load averages and current load are two different things. I suspect you
> didn't catch it when it was busy.
I know, but I've been running top for about 15 minutes now, and it consistently
shows 0.0%. I can also assume that top
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Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: got load > 1 but no CPU state is showing?
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:14:39AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> Load averages and current load are two different things. I suspect you
> didn't catch it when it was bus
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:25:24AM -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> Any chance you are running an SMP system? You might be seeing the usage of
> only one CPU?
Nope, UP only.
--Stijn
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Stijn Hoop wrote:
On a lightly loaded server top is misbehaving: it continuously shows all
CPU states at 0.0% yet my load varies from 0.50 to about 3. Is there
any explanation for this?
Maybe. :-) I was going to say that on fast machines, it's not unusual for
processes which start up and then fi
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:19:59PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Stijn Hoop wrote:
> > On a lightly loaded server top is misbehaving: it continuously shows all
> > CPU states at 0.0% yet my load varies from 0.50 to about 3. Is there
> > any explanation for this?
>
> Maybe. :-) I was going to say
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 12:34:29PM -0500, Michael D Hughes wrote:
> What does "systat -vm" show?
OK, it happened again, so I tried your suggestion. Guess what, it waits
5 seconds then prints this:
The alternate system clock has died!
Reverting to ``pigs'' display.
I don't know what the 'alternat