looks on "sar" you can report statistics for a given process (or from the system) Firefox: i think firefox is a monolith a tab isn't a childprozess (may be you find a addone, that say you more about firefox) fridy 2009/1/11, Pol <linux_milano@xxxxxxxx>: > > I would like to be able to exactly monitor programs i/o in the swap > area; 'top' does not seem to be the right tool as processes are sorted > according to the total amount of swap space used, while i would like > processes with high i/o activity (albeit in small amounts) to be > highlighted. > > My case is with firefox and konqueror. They stay silently for hours, then > i/o starts, as one can hear that typical noise from the disk and as it can > be checked with 'vmstat'. > Also i would like to locate programs more precisely, to tell which browser > tab, which plugin has triggered that swapping. > > Any hints? > > Thank you > > -- > Pol > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
