Re: [gentoo-user] Excessive processor usage

["Xav'" <blackhawk@linuxant.fr>]

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Abraham Marín Pérez a écrit :
> sean escribió:
>> There seems to be a lot of excessive processor usage and I am trying
>> to track down why.
>>
>> Is anyone able to recommend the best way to track down what is causing
>> the excess processor usage?
>>
>> I have not noticed anything using top.
>>
>>                     Thanks
>>                     Sean
>>
> If top doesn't show up anything only two things come to my mind:
> 
> 1) There's no excess processor usage
> 2) Someone compromised your system and maybe added an application that
> is using you cpu, but also changed top so it doesn't show this new
> application (might seem paranoid, but I've seen it before).
> 
> Abraham
> 
If you want to check there is no such program on your system, I advice you to
try chkrootkit, to check there is no such rootkit on your system...

Regards,
Xavier Parizet

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