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 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1II1om-0002KD-OO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:36:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l76CYtxX026365; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:34:55 GMT Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l76CUSLN021609 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:30:29 GMT Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c27so1035845rvf for ; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:30:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Cbgk92x4lzy31yC9eutiGdWOqyos2tfhoCo0YxY2cztK9Oozcalt/YYNDS6WqxZlbX02HtdYVdVurpJRg7M0t+R8LRL9YEQ/x9BOzBTghZ3UYkmsut5brtOSVqPTCk823CqGNVlX6PuvRwFKSFMfRNlHXity9uG9zQ5+UhDYwN8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=qy9YAwUcTJz8Ncaj5QOUNhc3i8th7CHX7ucLpO7Z39rKhbEgZQS9zsdcgFhd9ojUPvxgv5c6FvGhpmdjkmZLQPaFw2wF/AGpoJUiIgMgSXZ19ttHPmVfOJitthjTGJgqSwCJU4vQP42g3xuS3B1Y7qNCI0v7spouKMj3nbdIEho= Received: by 10.141.37.8 with SMTP id p8mr2087661rvj.1186403426554; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.197.5 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:30:26 +0100 From: "Duane Griffin" Sender: duaneg@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Excessive processor usage In-Reply-To: <46B70B09.7010909@verizon.net> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46B70B09.7010909@verizon.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 769e1a1bdc07987a X-Archives-Salt: e822ca60-0daa-4e15-bc27-9a395948d2ad X-Archives-Hash: 886370846391d018a5fda161d5044f0e On 06/08/07, sean wrote: > 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. You might want to look at sysstat for tracking system load: app-admin/sysstat Oprofile will track down exactly what is happening on your box (modulo particularly clever root-kits). It requires kernel support and can be a bit daunting, but is very powerful: dev-util/oprofile > Thanks > Sean Cheers, Duane. -- "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list