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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> <podge <at> podgeweb.com> writes: |
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> > > I was wondering if anyone might have any idea's as to what is causing |
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> my |
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> > > new Toshiba A300 Satelite to idle at a load of 1.00 when not in use. |
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> Right |
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> > > after boot up it settles at 1.00 when I do nothing. I'm not seeing |
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> anything |
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> > > out of ordinary in dmesg ( asside from an non issue with legacy usb and |
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> sd |
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> > > and sr drivers in the kernel ). |
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> Ah, |
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> I have had a similar problem a few months ago on one system (AMD 64 X2). |
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> I never figured it out, but I suspect that rebuilding X, KDE and many |
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> other utilities over time, fixed it. X seems to use more resources than |
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> it should. But, in reality, after a while, it just went away. None of the |
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> other AMD 64 X2 systems I manage, had the problem. The load was always 1.0 |
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> or higher. |
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> I think I even posted to this list and we discussed the meaning of "load" |
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> too. |
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> Here's some good reading on "load average" |
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> http://www.teamquest.com/resources/gunther/display/5/ |
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Hey, |
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I'm fairly comfortable with the definition of load average, that's not |
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something I need clarification on, but thanks to all whom have offered. |
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I'll fire up htop today and see if its able to identify anything that top or |
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ps hasn't as yet. |
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I'm relatively certain the issue isn't related to X or gnome as the load |
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shoots up immediately after boot up and the load issue happens even without |
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firing up startx. |
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Beau Dylan Henderson |
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"No human being should be denied the fundamental right to educate themselves |
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or indulge their curiosities. To deny any person the right to do so, for |
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whatever reason, is nothing more than the safeguarding of ignorance to |
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ensure that enlightenment does not become a threat. For nothing in this |
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world is more dangerous than an open mind." -- Matthew Good |
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