* Graeme Tank (graemet@umich.edu) [031117 17:15]: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:38:54PM +0100, Paul Sommer wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > this is nor really a problem, but I'm curious about what the system load > > exactly is. > > > > Please share your wisdom with me :-) > > > > Paul > > I was wondering about the load average the other day and googled across > the following link: > > http://www.hawaga.org.uk/text/loadavg.html > > I would like to amplify this thread and ask, are there any utilities > available to show which processes are "waiting in the run queue?" (I > don't know the preferred way to say this ... perhaps even "ready to > run.") Occasionally my Debian box gets hammered, but top shows minimal > cpu usage, and I'd like to know the processes responsible. ps can show you this. For example, if you use 'ps u', there's a STAT column. You'll typically see lots of processes in state S, or sleeping, and one or two in state R, indicating that they are on the run queue. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- --Nick Moffitt A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
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