[K12OSN] proc maxed out

[Terrell Prude', Jr.]

I've got a Pentium 4, 2.4GHz stand-alone workstation running K12LTSP.  
I've seen my workstation's CPU peg when I'm printing large PDF's (not 
PS, but PDF).  It's most prevalent when printing from KDE's built-in PDF 
reader (I think it still has some bugs), but I've also seen high CPU 
usage when printing PDF's from plain, vanilla gv or xpdf.  Is your 
K12LTSP box also configured to act as a print server, and if so, are 
users printing out complex graphics, PDF's, or anything else like that?

--TP

Huck wrote:

>Top shows  'gs' owned by lp  utilizing 60-90% cpu...
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>--Huck
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On
>Behalf Of Terrell Prude', Jr.
>Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:52 PM
>To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] proc maxed out
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>That should be enough to power what you're describing with ease, even 
>with your users running full-blown GNOME or KDE.  What does top show 
>before the slowdown/seizure, and what does it show during the slowdown?
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>BTW, the AMD Athlon 2000+ runs at 1.67GHz.
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>--TP
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>Huck wrote:
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>>I just set up a small lab in our library.
>>amd 2000+ like 1.2mhz or something
>>1 gig of ram
>>40 gig ide hd.
>>lj4000 printer connected to the server..
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>>and with 4 clients connected ...
>>3 browsing the web...
>>1 printing pics from the web..
>>and 1 playing gnuchess...
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>>server either dies...seizes up or just slows to the speeds of those
>>old punch card programs =)
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>>So...think'n of smack'n 'em with IceWM(maybe even lite)... and needing
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>>to figure out how to remove 90% of the games... I noticed that some of
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>>them are very cpu/memory friendly...while others hog as much as they 
>>can grab.
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>>--Huck
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