Date: 20 Apr 2003 14:51:38 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Jeffrey Racine <jracine@maxwell.syr.edu> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System degradation requiring rebooting every day... Message-ID: <1050864697.9550.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1050846972.28129.10.camel@x1-6-00-b0-d0-c2-67-0e.twcny.rr.com> References: <1050846972.28129.10.camel@x1-6-00-b0-d0-c2-67-0e.twcny.rr.com>
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--=-GhF0tOt+Su2L8drCQH8c Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-04-20 at 09:56, Jeffrey Racine wrote: > Hi. >=20 > The following problem appears on my system with unsettling regularity: > upon boot, everything is `smooth'... quick response, smooth cursor > movement etc. However, after being up for a while (e.g. less than 12 > hours) the system performance has so degraded as to require rebooting. > By this I mean that the cursor is so `jumpy' as to make the mouse > unusable, and the processor is pegged at 30% when the system ought to be > idle. >=20 > The system is idle (evolution only running) and the load average is 2-3, > while I also notice that libgtop_server is consuming a significant > amount of overhead when the system is truly idle if this helps. I > include output from top below if that helps. There are some known issues with libgtop. I haven't had a chance to dive into fixing them, and I may never do it. So, if someone wants to tackle the project, be my guest. In the meantime, I recommend you remove all applets that use libgtop, and see if that helps. Joe >=20 > I am running 5.0 CURRENT, Gnome 2, have kept current with ports on a > daily basis. This problem has existed for over three weeks through > constant upgrades of ports and current. >=20 > The system is a Dell OptiPlex GX110, i810 chipset, 512 MB Ram. >=20 > Thanks for any advice! Here is my system info. >=20 >=20 > uname -a=20 >=20 > FreeBSD x1-6-00-b0-d0-c2-67-0e.twcny.rr.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD > 5.0-CURRENT #0: > Fri Apr 18 06:24:01 EDT 2003 =20 > root@x1-6-00-b0-d0-c2-67-0e.twcny.rr.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC=20 > i386 >=20 > env > SSH_AGENT_PID=3D539 > SHELL=3D/usr/local/bin/bash > TERM=3Dxterm > WINDOWID=3D18874405 > OLDPWD=3D/home/jracine > USER=3Djracine > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=3D/usr/local/pgplot > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=3D/tmp/ssh-f6pu0sMf/agent.532 > USERNAME=3Djracine > SESSION_MANAGER=3Dlocal/x1-6-00-b0-d0-c2-67-0e.twcny.rr.com:/tmp/.ICE-uni= x/532 > FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=3DYES > MAIL=3D/var/mail/jracine > PATH=3D/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/loca= l/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/jracine/bin:.:./:/home/jracine/bin:/home/jracine= /C/nn/gcc:/home/jracine/C/n_alpha/gcc::.:./: > BLOCKSIZE=3DK > PWD=3D/root > LANG=3Den_US.ISO_8859-1 > GDM_LANG=3Den_US.ISO_8859-1 > LAMRSH=3Dssh -x > TZ=3DEST5EDT > PS1=3D[\u]\w/ > GDMSESSION=3DGnome > SHLVL=3D2 > HOME=3D/root > TEXEDIT=3Demacs +%d %s > GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=3DDefault > PGPLOT_DIR=3D/usr/local/pgplot/ > BASH_ENV=3D/root/.bashrc > LOGNAME=3Djracine > DISPLAY=3D:0.0 > XAUTHORITY=3D/home/jracine/.Xauthority > COLORTERM=3Dgnome-terminal > _=3D/usr/bin/env >=20 > top >=20 > last pid: 28081; load averages: 2.76, 2.63, 2.34 up 0+15:40:22 =20 > 09:43:01 > 50 processes: 3 running, 47 sleeping > =20 > Mem: 104M Active, 261M Inact, 74M Wired, 14M Cache, 60M Buf, 41M Free > Swap: 1006M Total, 1006M Free > =20 >=20 > PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME WCPU CPU > COMMAND > 588 jracine -8 0 2112K 872K piperd 153:06 26.61% 26.61% > libgtop_serve > 481 root 97 0 85264K 82536K RUN 11:55 0.63% 0.63% > XFree86 > 566 jracine 97 0 17812K 12008K RUN 1:17 0.44% 0.44% > gnome-termina > 585 jracine 96 0 14380K 9920K select 4:01 0.05% 0.05% > multiload-app > 564 jracine 96 0 16956K 12868K select 8:56 0.00% 0.00% > gnome-panel > 449 root 96 0 1188K 624K select 3:40 0.00% 0.00% moused > 560 jracine 96 0 11620K 8272K select 1:41 0.00% 0.00% > metacity > 562 jracine 96 0 18188K 13148K select 1:20 0.00% 0.00% > nautilus > 587 jracine 96 0 13400K 8628K select 0:51 0.00% 0.00% > mixer_applet2 > 642 jracine 96 0 21424K 9524K select 0:48 0.00% 0.00% wombat > 196 root 96 0 1184K 624K select 0:44 0.00% 0.00% > dhclient > 558 jracine 96 0 7132K 4116K select 0:35 0.00% 0.00% > gnome-smproxy > 664 jracine 96 0 18928K 8672K select 0:13 0.00% 0.00% > evolution-ala > 555 jracine 96 0 3152K 2196K select 0:08 0.00% 0.00% > xscreensaver > 398 root 96 0 3448K 1976K select 0:07 0.00% 0.00% > sendmail > 579 jracine 96 0 14568K 10608K select 0:04 0.00% 0.00% > stickynotes_a > 581 jracine 96 0 14600K 9900K select 0:04 0.00% 0.00% > gweather-appl > 542 jracine 96 0 12224K 10284K select 0:03 0.00% 0.00% > gconfd-2 >=20 >=20 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-GhF0tOt+Su2L8drCQH8c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+ouw5b2iPiv4Uz4cRAn0kAJoDn0C+wNxjDGX3CJTe5Jwn387DkQCghvfE Ke/OuB0v2rKCYlVUCKJ8y6g= =LiJY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-GhF0tOt+Su2L8drCQH8c--
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