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 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 ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:12:33 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so2160238nfb for ; 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" 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: d62c2b00-f3b0-4011-bd49-0eaad46f71fa X-Archives-Hash: 3732266316571322f6f16b5f83180dce On 2/15/07, Alan McKinnon 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