RE: unstable system question

[jim ruxton <cinetron passport ca>]

> > 
> > 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
> > 
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
> perhaps you can run the command "top" from a terminal screen
> to see what's using your system resources as it slows down.

Thanks for the suggestion but the crazy thing is that "top" won't run
when things start crawling : (.
Jim