Pecular reactions with Rawhide installation

[Jim Cornette]

Stan Bubrouski wrote:
> Jim Cornette wrote:
> 
>>
>> Using top to view memory usage, the programs gnome-vfs-daemon, 
>> gnome-settings, nautilus and X seem to be the leading processes for 
>> consuming cpu time. I added the cpufrequency control applet to my 
>> panel and am able to control the cpu frequuency to prevent the 80 C 
>> temp then shutdown. These listed processes take 28 -32 percent each in 
>> usage percentage. X takes around 1 to 6.6 percent usage range.
> 
> 
> Woh.  Clearly there is something going wrong here.  From your 
> description it seems between X, gnome-vfs-daemon, gnome-settings, and 
> nautilus you are using 100% CPU?  This would make everything else crawl. 
>  So now the question is:  Why are these processes running out of control?

I glanced through the logs and there were no entries for when the 
trouble was most noticable. I mainly asked to see if this behavior is 
common or maybe my install is corrupted enough to cause the runaway 
processes.

> 
>>
>> Even though the computer hovers at high speeds, it takes a long while 
>> for a responsive desktop. lowering the speed does not help or hinder 
>> the system responsiveness. ESD is not listed in top.
>>
> 
> If you are at 100 CPU usage constantly then there is no mystery here 
> except why.

The processes are not running as wild as they were yesterday. I applied 
the latest rpms from rawhide and things settled down some. The 
cpufrequency did upshift and downshift a few times when the cpu usage 
climbed to higher levels. It did not peg at 1.52 GHz and stick, causing 
high temps and eventually a shutdown.
The processes mentioned earlier do seem to hover around 20 percent for 
the nautilus gnome-vfs-daemon (better behaved than yesterday) and 
gam_server is not even listed in top today. It seems that gam_server was 
the main culpret. At least the average load is down to mid 80s to low 
90s and the processor speed is back down to 662 MHz (43 %) like was 
normal for the computer since severn.

Thanks! At least I am now more familiar with program cpu usage and what 
effects it has on other processes. I was surprised that the memory usage 
was low, but the cpu usage was high for the programs that caused the 
system slowdown/ processor max speed and system shutdown.

Jim