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 1HHNxp-0007b1-7c for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:30:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1EHTVeJ009616; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:29:31 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 l1EHPSlR005074 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:25:28 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so1506218nfb for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:25:28 -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=hsw0qlHmvSBTOSn4yqJywft++gYjX8cbxAG+lhgm18ozm0Od9hj9Qqjml5CbQrWcEO7Lq1ZGJARkBQfjaPz2wRA+K9KB2tLpbOksgopfS3XVeoeve+OM5NPPk6I3lViPAx3gM7CZ1ekjo9DpUquf7ONbnMeKM6biXwHReK7ANVs= Received: by 10.82.187.16 with SMTP id k16mr1134238buf.1171473927804; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:25:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.146.10 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:25:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <93ae19410702140925i7bf3e1c0h5887993483066cfe@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:25:27 +0100 From: "brullo nulla" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 100% CPU usage with no processes to blame? In-Reply-To: <200702141855.18707.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> X-Archives-Salt: 21f202c9-eeea-4e0d-854e-f4a0b9f9e8dd X-Archives-Hash: 4602284b6f28b82654c17ac5696e7018 > 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? m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list