Re: load avg problems again

Alex Krimkevich (alex@magneton-ra.swmed.edu)
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:11:49 GMT


Tracy R. Reed writes:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Jon Mitchell wrote:
>
> > I've checked, there is no processes gone zombie, everything is normal,
> > and the cpu is reporting 98% idle. What is really strange is that it was
> > reporting normally earlier today. Anyone have a clue why it starts it's
> > base at 1 sometimes?
>
> I saw this once on 1.3.88. I couldn't figure out what it was either. I
> just rebooted.
>
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Joining the crowd with the exact same problem on 1.3.89: suddenly
load avarage becomes 1+ with CPU 90+% idle.

Alex Krimkevich