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I am +</I>>><i> running the x86_64 version of Cauldron. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> The problem occurs under both KDE and Gnome +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Basically, the system seems to freeze up (mouse moves) but nothing else +</I>>><i> - gkrellem freezes and no errors occur - it just seems to hang - but +</I>>><i> magically wake up again after some time (many seconds at a time) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I have checked various logs and can not find any problems - so I am +</I>>><i> stumped how to find the source of the problem.  I leave the machine +</I>>><i> running 24x7, but don't think it is a thermal issue. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> When the system runs under Windows 7 (64bit) it appears to run fine. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Any hints what I could check? +</I>>><i> +</I> +Hello! + +If you want to log cpuusage to see if some process has extra high cpu +usage during this freeze you could do something like: + +while true; do date >> testfilen.txt ; top -b -n1 >> testfilen.txt ; +sleep 1; done + +Then you will get top-output every second (sleep 1) or whatever time +you specify for sleep. I think there is a way to do this with top +only, without the delay but not sure which flags to use then (possibly +top -d 1 -b) + +The file testfilen.txt will of course grow quite large after a while, +so you can't keep this running 24/7 maybe, but maybe you could clear +out the file regularly until you get the error situation again and +then based on the date output you should be able to find cpu usage +around the time of the problem. + +Regards, + +David +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="015758.html">[Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="015761.html">[Mageia-dev] Strange system stalls - neep a tip +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#15759">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#15759">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#15759">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#15759">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |