[wellylug] ubuntu load average

Colin Templeman wellylug at biker.geek.nz
Fri Jan 16 00:47:56 NZDT 2009


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Atom Smasher wrote:
> my wife's laptop is running ubuntu 8.10. with top showing the system at 
> close to 100% idle (>96%) i haven't seen the load averages drop below 1.0. 
> i'd expect it to be closer to 0.0 when it's >95% idle. any ideas why the 
> load averages seem skewed? thanks...

Have you tried Powertop to see if that throws any light on the subject?

http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/

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Colin Templeman
On Tour in the UK

"Teach it Phenomenology, Doolittle".
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