Les wrote: > > Ladies and gentlemen... > I have 104 processes listed when I run the monitor. My system is > slowing to a crawl, dropping internet connections and jerking like it > has epilepsy. Would someone please tell me how many process should be > running in a simple workstation setup (not a server). > > Or better yet post a list. > > Thanks, > Les H > It's actually more complicated than that. Response times & zippyness pretty much rely on: - how much spare capacity the cpu has, - how much memory is available, - amount of I/O (including networks) taking place A quick place to start looking for what's using all your horsepower is top(1) (it's in the procps package). Pids that clock lots of time are your first suspects. See also: nice(1). Hope this helps, -S
