what does top show? søn, 31.10.2004 kl. 05.08 skrev W. Guy Thomas: > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 00:04 -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Could yoy please provide a bit more description? What do you mean by a spike? > > >>What kind of cpu and other hardware? Software versions of testing components > > >>(if upgraded)? > > >> > > >>Tom > > >>-- > > >>Tom Taylor > > >>Registered linux user #263467 > > >> > > >> > > > > > >ok, fire up gkrellm. > > >watch "cpu" > > >every 5 seconds I get a complete cpu spike to the top of the meter. > > >when pc goes into screensaver mode, every 5 seconds, xscreensaver halts > > >for 1 second, then continues. > > > > > >I am on a Dell C840 laptop, PIII700, 384RAM, 40GB, nvidia graphics (from > > >FC3T3 not nvidia)...nothing special as far as testing, this is stock > > >FC3T3. > > > > > >Thanks. > > > > > > > > You might want to check the GKrellM web site first, the FAQ may be helpful. > > > > http://web.wt.net/~billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html > > > > > > yes, I've looked at that. > this didn't occur on FC1 or FC2 so I don't think it's gkrellm specific. > I still think it's picking up some logging on ext3 or something like > that. > > > -- > =Guy > 23:07:27 up 2 days, 1:36, 3 users, load average: 1.12, 1.24, 1.14