On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:51:06PM +0100, Paul Sargent wrote: > I've got a box here which is cliaming a load average of about 10, but as 'ps > aux' shows no process taking any CPU time. Any idea's what's going on?
You don't necessarily have to have processes taking up CPU time to have a high load average. Processes stuck in the 'D' state (uninterruptible sleep) will add a load of 1 each. > root 12441 0.0 0.0 1556 812 ? D May09 0:00 > /usr/sbin/automou > root 12446 0.0 0.0 1548 772 ? D May09 0:00 > /usr/sbin/automou > root 12453 0.0 0.0 2072 996 ? D May09 0:00 in.rshd > pauls 12525 0.0 0.0 2604 1316 ? D May09 0:00 -csh > pauls 12535 0.0 0.0 2604 1312 ? D May09 0:00 -csh > root 12550 0.0 0.0 2356 1412 ? D May09 0:00 -bash > root 12603 0.0 0.0 2336 1304 ? D May09 0:00 -bash > root 12893 0.0 0.0 1900 944 ? S 06:25 0:00 /USR/SBIN/CRON > root 12894 0.0 0.0 2028 908 ? S 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh -c > test - > root 12895 0.0 0.0 1252 348 ? S 06:25 0:00 run-parts > --repor > root 12922 0.0 0.0 2028 924 ? S 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh > /etc/cron > root 12923 0.0 0.0 2048 952 ? S 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh > /usr/bin/ > root 12937 0.0 0.0 2048 952 ? S 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh > /usr/bin/ > root 12938 0.0 0.0 2336 516 ? S 06:25 0:00 sort -f > root 12939 0.0 0.0 1244 316 ? S 06:25 0:00 > /usr/lib/locate/f > nobody 12940 0.0 0.0 1388 556 ? D 06:25 0:00 /usr/bin/find > / ( It looks like your automounter has got stuck, perhaps not helped by /etc/cron.daily/find (probably) trawling paths it shouldn't? Unsticking the automounter may require a reboot if you're unlucky - after that, make sure /etc/updatedb.conf ignores the right filesystems and/or paths. > root 13090 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:52 0:00 [nfsd] > root 13091 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:52 0:00 [nfsd] [and 14 more] That might not be great either. Perhaps your upstream NFS server has gone away? I try to mount NFS filesystems using the 'intr' mount option so that I can interrupt processes that are trying to access them if something goes wrong. Regards, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
