[wellylug] ubuntu load average

[Jethro Carr]

On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 23:45 +1300, Atom Smasher wrote:
> 
> according to /proc/cpuinfo there's one cpu, one core. for what i paid, 
> that seems right ;)
> 
> iostat shows a lot of zeros, unless i copy between a flash drive and HD.
> 
> the system is seriously idle, but it seems like the load averages i'm 
> seeing are off by +1.

Have you checked to see if there are any odd processes which are crashed
but stuck waiting for disk?

In theory, if a program crashed in such a way that it was always waiting
for I/O it would cause 1 to be added to the load.

Run a ps aux and see if there are any processes not in sleep that should
be. Check for anything with a STAT of "D".



-- 
Jethro Carr
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog
www.amberdms.com
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