Re: cpu used too much
OK. It was xosview eating up 87% of my cpu. Now, everthing is back to
normal... Thanks.
NatePuri
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
>
> > My laptop wmcpu type applets show the cpu running at full speed all the
> > time. I this a problem? What should I do about it...?
>
> Try top and see what is the process that eats up all the CPU.
> Naturally you should not see CPU working a lot, unless you are, for
> example, starting Netscape. For example, on my computer CPU load is 5-8%
> at most, when I'm not doing any compilations/etc.
> If a process eats up 95% of CPU it means it's crashed. Some processes just
> don't die quietly when they crash, but go into loop instead, therefor
> eating all the CPU.
>
> What are consequences of that? Anyone?
> I'd figure heat that builds up will eventually become a problem
> overheating your CPU, which will result in errors and crashes.
>
> So 'top' and see whats causing the problem. THen kill the process, if
> needed.
>
> Andrew
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