[PLUG] killing a process that doesn't want to die

Mike De La Mater mikedela at ipns.com
Tue Jun 4 15:18:16 UTC 2002


I've got load averages running around 3 right now, when it's usually below 1, and 
according to top, only one process is running, top. 

Am I running processes that are hiding themselves from me?

Mike

6/4/02 8:11:09 AM, "D. Cooper Stevenson" <cooper at linux-enterprise.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 08:04, Mike De La Mater wrote:
><snip>
>maybe it's no longer loading the system, right?
>
>You can find out by running the `top' command:
>
>  # top
>
>Pay special attention to the `idle' number. Higher is better. 99.5 per
>cent, for example, is very good.
>
>
>-Cooper
>
>
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