unstable system question

[Bret Stern]

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> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> jim ruxton
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:19 AM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: unstable system question
> 
> My system keeps slowing down and locking up. The only thing 
> I've found is that I get the following system message when 
> this happens. I'm assuming this is related but it may just be 
> a coincidence or a result of the lockup.
> 
> Sep 20 04:05:35 localhost kernel: Clocksource tsc unstable (delta =
> 84348170175 ns)
> Sep 20 04:05:35 localhost kernel: Time: acpi_pm clocksource 
> has been installed.
> 
> I tried adding notsc to my boot file ie.
> 
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-49.fc6 ro 
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet notsc
> 
> but tsc still is loaded at boot. Any one have any thoughts on 
> this. As you can see above I'm on FC6 with 2.6.22 Kernel.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 
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perhaps you can run the command "top" from a terminal screen
to see what's using your system resources as it slows down.