Thanks for replying Gary!  I've used the top program, but am usually
able to figure out on my own what has "run away".

The latest problem that I just encountered was when installing an rpm. 
While installing, the rpm program crapped out.  So, I went and killed
all the rpm process running (I used ps -alh | grep rpm), and proceeded
to restart the rpm installation.  Same thing happened.  Therefore, I
then went and tried to do an rpm query to see if it installed at all. 
The same thing happened (no display, the rpm process just froze).  I
even tried then to rebuild the database, to no avail.

I then restarted X (basically just for the hell of it, not expecting
that it would magically fix the problem).  But, then I restarted the
machine and when it came back everything was perfect, no rpm problems at
all.

I agree with you about people thinking like windows.  I've been managing
Linux servers now for about a year at work and at home, and I've hardly
ever had to reset them!  Linux is truly an amazing operating system!

-Jon

On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 20:09, Gary wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:35:44PM -0500 or thereabouts, Jonathan Gaudette wrote:
> > update/change your kernel.
> Or just about anything. 
> > 
> > However, I've often come in circumstances where either the full system
> > slows down, or a certain aspect of the system crashes/slows down, as to
> > a point where nothing I seem to try will fix it (restarting X; killing
> > the process which was slowing down / crashing).  However, when I then go
> > and reset the computer, whatever was acting up then acts fine, and
> > begins to work normally.
> 
> What you have to do is look at what processes are slowing things down, or
> what processes are running away.  at command line do gtop and take a look.
> Chances are it is something running amok in the background that you are
> not aware of.  I have one of my machines up for going on a year now,
> without a fuss. Too many people think like windows.. System should really
> never need rebooting.  Any service can be stopped and started on demand.
> Specifically, which process was "slowing down, or crashing" Look at your
> processes through gtop. What is eating up CPU cycles?  How do you what
> processes were slowing down. What crashes for you in Linux?  Is it wine? 
> 
> > What am I missing?  Is there some other way to reset these things to
> > regain functionality?  I've been using RedHat now for about 5 months,
> > and am loving it.  I was just wondering if I was missing something, and
> > if anyone had any "tip & tricks".  Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Gary
> 
>     sed '/^[when][coders]/!d
>         /^...[discover].$/d
>        /^..[real].[code]$/!d
>     ' /usr/share/dict/words
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