Hi, Today, when I reboot the machine, I do not see the same behavior. CPU usage is normal. BUT, I see that
/lib/systemd/systemd --system --deserialize 27 Is not on the list when I ps. So, that must be it. Why would deserialize be running (and running and running) anyway? Tom ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, March 15, 2019 4:40 AM, Dennis Clarke dcla...@blastwave.org wrote: >> The problem is - CPU #2 is maxed-out, doing systemd something - > > I don't see that from your htop cut-and-paste but I'll have to assume > you really did see a cpu fully in use by systemd. > >> something to do with. I >> do not think this is right. > > no question. > >> It is using half of my CPU resources, doing >> nothing as far as I can tell. Is there a fix for this? Can I possibly >> install nosystemd and go back to when things were good? > > We could go back to paper tape install and reel to reel tape based swap > but that isn't really the issue. > Do another look and see if you can isolate the pid/ppid numbers of the > offending process and try a sigHUP at it. > In the mean while I will fire up my own G5 here and have a look. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dennis Clarke > RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC > UNIX and Linux spoken > GreyBeard and suspenders optional