"Adv. Systems Design" wrote:
> 
> Well, another box running RH4.2 doesnt act that
> way...idle goes from 97% to 99%...the box running 6.0
> goes from idle ~8% to ~98%. I know top is not going to
> explain my tenet problems, but its curious that the
> telnet will not die if I am running top (which leads
> me to believe that it is pushing some processor hog
> into lower status that causes the idle to jump up). I
> know there was an unrelated K6-2 bug, (depending on
> the stepping of your processor) but i wonder if there
> is something related...

Just another guess, but maybe the periodic output from top over your
telnet connection is keeping the connection open.  Whatever is timing
out the telnet session would be looking at activity, and if top's output
satisfies the activity criteria, it would keep the connection open.  To
test this theory, try running netstat -ct   That will cause netstat to
update each second and also only output the tcp info for a much shorter
display.  See if that also keeps telnet alive.

Fred

 
> 
> --- Fred Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Adv. Systems Design" wrote:
> > >
> > > The problem I am having is that my machine's
> > processor
> > > is being cycled to death to the point where my
> > telnet
> > > sessions become dead (top reveals that there is 0%
> > > idle, but 0.3% being used by system and 0.9% by
> > user
> > > SO where is the rest of the 99%?! After a few
> > seconds,
> > > top must background the process, because idle
> > shoots
> > > up to 98%. Funny thing is, if I keep top running,
> > my
> > > telnet connection never dies!
> > >
> > >
> > I normally see this when top starts.  After the
> > first refresh, the idle
> > per cent goes back up to 99%.  I believe this is top
> > initially seeing
> > itself running.  Only a guess.  It has nothing to do
> > with telnet.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
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