On Saturday 26 August 2006 18:22, mike@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:55:33 -0700 > > tom arnall <kloro2006@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My system hangs momentarily every 4 mins 2 secs. The event coincides with > > a 'top' entry in which 'events/0' grabs 50-95% of cpu capacity. How can I > > determine what is causing the event? > > First of all, I'm a newbie. But I'm interested in your subject. > What about trying 'pstree' > > $ pstree -p > <example output> > > |--events/0(3)--|-aio/0(44) > | > |-kacpid(5) > |-kblockd/0(31) > |-khelper(4) > |-pdflush(41) > |-pdflush(42) > > <example output> > > Then take the pid's and use top to monitor them. > > $ top -p3,44,5,31,4,41,42 > > I don't know if the subtrees will show you anything, but maybe worth a try. > > Mike -- thanks, tom arnall north spit, ca - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
