On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 04:38:05PM +0000, Greg Kochanski wrote: > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 > Version: 2.6.8-12 > Severity: important > > > Load average is reported very high, but it ain't so. > > $ cat /proc/loadavg > 52.80 51.80 50.81 4/202 8431 > $ > > The system is currently unloaded and quite responsive. > The real load average is clearly less than 2, > and from looking at top, the load average is probably > about 0.1 .
In Bug#29285 you report that you have processes hung while accessing the filesystem. I would strongly suspect that is related to this load. > This is breaking my mail; exim4 is configured on my > system to refrain from delivering or accepting mail > when the load average is too high. I suspect that this load average is a symtom of some breakage, not a cause. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
