OpenBSD 3.7-current (GENERIC) #212: Mon Jun 27 21:48:43 MDT 2005 on i386 Compiling xpdf I see the following top-output (top -S -ocpu 10)
load averages: 1.97, 1.55, 0.97 16:16:04 65 processes: 2 running, 62 idle, 1 on processor CPU states: 88.5% user, 0.0% nice, 10.0% system, 0.3% interrupt, 1.2% idle Memory: Real: 62M/124M act/tot Free: 366M Swap: 0K/1024M used/tot PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE WAIT TIME CPU COMMAND 16836 moo 2 0 19M 23M sleep select 0:18 0.00% Xorg 11 root -18 0 0K 26M sleep reaper 0:03 0.00% reaper 10255 moo 2 0 3504K 4280K sleep select 0:01 0.00% xterm 23656 root 10 0 8956K 2748K sleep wait 0:00 0.00% make 25307 root 64 0 19M 11M run - 0:00 0.00% cc1 15256 moo 2 0 7216K 7660K sleep poll 0:00 0.00% xscreensaver 21127 moo 2 0 3516K 4232K run - 0:00 0.00% xterm 13 root 18 0 0K 26M sleep syncer 0:00 0.00% update 4698 root 2 0 660K 392K idle kqread 0:00 0.00% apmd 3048 root 2 0 1484K 1020K sleep select 0:00 0.00% sendmail So: 88.5% User, 10.0% System looks OK, but where are the CPU-consuming processes in the list? ,----[ man top - bugs ]- | As with ps(1), things can change while ttp is collecting information for | an update. The picture it gives is only a close approximation to reality. `---- I don't think an approximation of this scale is correct ;-) Another try: ,----[ md5 -t ]- | while true; do md5 -t; done | | top output: | | load averages: 1.81, 1.72, 1.48 16:28:13 | 52 processes: 2 running, 49 idle, 1 on processor | CPU states: 100% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, 0.0% idle | Memory: Real: 48M/109M act/tot Free: 381M Swap: 0K/1024M used/tot | | PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE WAIT TIME CPU COMMAND | 32635 moo 56 0 2904K 172K run - 0:00 1.71% md5 | 17994 moo 2 0 3148K 3748K sleep select 0:00 0.05% xterm | 16836 moo 2 0 19M 23M sleep select 0:21 0.00% Xorg `---- 100% User but md5 only showing up with 1,71%? Either I don't see the obvious or there's something broken.
