could I attach a *very* small shot of just that tiny krell monitor showing the spike? =G On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 13:51 -0600, W. Guy Thomas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 21:33 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > what does top show? > > > > s�1.10.2004 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 > > > > I don't see anything unusual in top. The spike is so quick, it's > literally a straight up line in gkrellm, just every 5 seconds. > > I'm not sure what else I can use to monitor this. I wouldn't even know > about it if gkrellm hadn't shown it to me. It doesn't affect performance > really, but it's annoying to know it's there. > > any other ideas are welcome. > > -- > =Guy > 13:49:32 up 4:27, 2 users, load average: 0.29, 0.35, 0.36 > -- =Guy 13:56:16 up 4:34, 2 users, load average: 0.72, 0.62, 0.47