Re: strange load avg & quota problem

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:33:58 +0000


On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 12:27:22PM +0100, Gabor Lenart wrote:

> Load avg of our server (2.2.13 UP) is constant "1.00" with almost 100%
> idle and with no process uses more than 0.1% CPU according "ps aux".

Sounds like you've got a process stuck in uninterruptible sleep - look for
a process with "D" status in the ps output.

> Another strange thing that executing a quota command lasts for minutes !

> bind(5, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(778), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0
> ioctl(5, FIONBIO, [1]) = 0
> sendto(5, "9n\265\30\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\1\206"..., 56, 0, {sin_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(111), sin_addr=inet_addr("193.6.41.194")}, 16) = 56
[..]

If I've read that right, it's sending to the RPC portmapper on a remote
machine, but getting timeouts. Something to do with YP/NIS perhaps? (like the
server not being there, or being unreachable)

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