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Date:      Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:29:45 +1000
From:      Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        mckay@thehub.com.au, mvh@ix.netcom.com, bde@zeta.org.au, mi@aldan.algebra.com
Subject:   Re: load stays at 1 on an idle machine 
Message-ID:  <200103111029.f2BATj518491@dungeon.home>
In-Reply-To: <20010310132722.BF1A4113E7A@netcom1.netcom.com> from Mike Harding at "Sat, 10 Mar 2001 13:27:22 %2B0000"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103102356340.13280-100000@besplex.bde.org> <20010310132722.BF1A4113E7A@netcom1.netcom.com>

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On Saturday, 10th March 2001, Mike Harding wrote:

>I have seen this behavior a number of times over the years, but never
>tracked it down.

Me too.  This happens to me several times a year, and has done for years.
Generally, very soon after noticing it, whatever I do to examine it causes
it to return to normal (ie load-average very near zero).

>I have noticed that when this happes, the load is basically a
>completely stable value of 1.0 or very close to it, almost like it is
>in a locally stable state.

I have xload always running and it will be perfectly flat at 1.0 load.
Other commands will confirm this (top, uptime).  Then the load average
mysteriously returns to normal with no real intervention.

Stephen.

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