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 <gentoo-user+bounces-59922-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>)
id 1HHhQd-0004it-1D
for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:17:43 +0000
Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1FEGYwt002602;
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:16:34 GMT
Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186])
by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l1FECWbh030418
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:12:33 GMT
Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so2160238nfb
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:12:31 -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=Jwqc+JJGJmf0q1Uq1fW3a0sCPbOrJ866mj1ACC/RbKiMsS4tAp0Opz5d3z/4EAcAqbHOPypRlbDe3XzE3ouoOn0zTJ8IjlLtL51iTtZouevU+Yh92jv4Y44k9qlXOmwggNMX4fMxfEGrxi0vSwHNVtFzmlHL+h6NmcJW4q9AYJg=
Received: by 10.82.163.13 with SMTP id l13mr2840994bue.1171548750831;
Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:12:30 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.82.150.1 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:12:30 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <558b73fb0702150612i14ebecdhbd3d549b80b52fe8@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:12:30 -0500
From: "Michael Crute" <mcrute@gmail.com>
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: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
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: d62c2b00-f3b0-4011-bd49-0eaad46f71fa
X-Archives-Hash: 3732266316571322f6f16b5f83180dce
On 2/15/07, Alan McKinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 February 2007, brullo nulla wrote:
> > > Most likely you only looked at user cpu % and neglected to list the
> > > system and niced times as well.
> > >
> > > p.s. golden rule: ps lies. top lies. free lies.
> > > Don't believe the readings they give, rather interpret them in
> > > context.
> >
> > sob. it's not the first time I hear this. What should I believe to
> > really know my system state?
>
> You should use ps, top and free of course! Just realize that they lie...
Seeing this thread reminded me of a blog article I saw on Virtual
Threads a while back...
http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html
He does a pretty good job of explaining where top gets its numbers and
how to properly interpret them. HTH
-mike
--
________________________________
Michael E. Crute
http://mike.crute.org
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things.
Right now I am so far behind that I will never die. --Bill Watterson
--
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list