[lug] load average constant at 2

[Jason Bowen]

I had reinstalled procps but here in intersting thing to me.

[/bin]# rpm -qf ps
procps-2.0.6-5mdk
[/bin]# rpm --verify procps-2.0.6-5mdk
package procps-2.0.6-5mdk is not installed


On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Atkinson, Chip wrote:

> The crude version of the ps patch that was installed on my machine was "too
> small".  If you 
> ls -l $(which ps) and see something that's around 6K bytes, rather than 60K
> bytes, it might be a tipoff.  You can use RPM to help perhaps:
> rpm -q --whatprovides /bin/ps
> returns something like procps-2.0.6-5
> followed by 
> rpm --verify procps-2.0.6-5
> 
> Chip
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jason Bowen [mailto:Jason.Bowen at Colorado.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:47 PM
> To: 'lug at lug.boulder.co.us'
> Subject: RE: [lug] load average constant at 2
> 
> 
> ps doesn't show anything unusual either.  I thought about an intruder but
> I don't see anything to be honest.
> 
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Atkinson, Chip wrote:
> 
> > What does ps show?  Any chance there is a secret process that's running as
> > the result of an intrusion?  It was something I found on my machines
> anyway.
> > It didn't appear to affect the load too much though.  When I see that
> > problem, it's often something like netscape.
> > 
> > Chip
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Jason Bowen [mailto:Jason.Bowen at Colorado.EDU]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:38 PM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] load average constant at 2
> > 
> > 
> > For about 2 weeks now, at least that is when I noticed it first, my load
> > average sits at 2.  This is with top reporting the idle processes at close
> > to 100%.  When I reboot the machine the 5 and 15 minute load averages
> > slowly creep towards 2.00 while the 1 minute average drops to 2.00
> > after letting the machine idle after I login at the console.  Has anybody
> > seen something like this before?
> > Jason
> > 
> > 
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