From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 11 3:15:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ns5.pacific.net.au (ns5.pacific.net.au [203.143.252.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB1D37B719 for ; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 03:15:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mckay@thehub.com.au) Received: from dungeon.home (ppp223.dyn250.pacific.net.au [203.143.250.223]) by ns5.pacific.net.au (8.9.0/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA14653; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 22:15:06 +1100 (EST) Received: from dungeon.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dungeon.home (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2BATj518491; Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:29:45 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from mckay) Message-Id: <200103111029.f2BATj518491@dungeon.home> 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 References: <20010310132722.BF1A4113E7A@netcom1.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20010310132722.BF1A4113E7A@netcom1.netcom.com> from Mike Harding at "Sat, 10 Mar 2001 13:27:22 +0000" Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:29:45 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message