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 -- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list