Re: system hangs momentarily every 4 mins 2 secs

[tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 26 August 2006 18:22, mike@kevino.org wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:55:33 -0700
>
> tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> 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
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