[ale] something's eating cycles

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at attbi.com
Mon Jul 1 09:46:27 EDT 2002


Have you run top from a shell?


On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 09:35, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> This newbie needs a little help.
> 
> Something is eating processor cycles and the widget I am using
> isn't helping me. First it tells me that Mozilla is responsible (but
> it isn't) and then it tells me that solitaire is the culprit -- it aint
> either.
> Does there exist a utility that I can let run in the background that will 
> keep tabs on running programs and report, when queried, how busy they
> are or how much of the processor they are using, or somehow give me
> the data I need to figure out which program or routine is screwing up?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> 
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