From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HIAGq-0001oX-6Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:05:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1GL3ESo032183; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:03:14 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.224]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l1GKtZk9022317 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:55:36 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i21so1475973wra for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:55:35 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AszDJIoNQ+2QDsNJByK/Eecenc0pUaJ4jL098K//UlwxtdKiQO2+eaXM9CMiAOPoiLt14V/00I9yNPcNkBIgPg4O/vSkVzKGiZlIra7mcvr4ec8Cg5/W/ZTKxNy/WPQT6Gt2Nw3vmZiXFpdh9QdZy6GjYUWV5raRqohTb5mDKQc= Received: by 10.114.158.1 with SMTP id g1mr2178835wae.1171659335068; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:55:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.176.16 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:55:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49bf44f10702161255l34e887b3sfaeb8f8a5bd9b09f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:55:34 -0800 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 100% CPU usage with no processes to blame? In-Reply-To: <200702150935.21096.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10702140823g41f20636ka3bd4bab0f45b10e@mail.gmail.com> <200702141855.18707.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <93ae19410702140925i7bf3e1c0h5887993483066cfe@mail.gmail.com> <200702150935.21096.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-Archives-Salt: 193fb4fd-b34c-4eb6-99b8-42f93575bc63 X-Archives-Hash: a737f9132d6c2b7293b8dcb2a8517068 > When we say that top lies, we really mean that it is giving you an > average over a looooooong period of cpu time, and you should interpret > it as such. It's a trend, not an instant value. Shouldn't top have provided some kind of info for why the CPU usage was 100% for 5 minutes straight? If it does display trends, shouldn't it have picked up on that one? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list