28 Mar
2005
28 Mar
'05
8:51 a.m.
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:44:14 +0530, Sajid ali Baig sajidalibaig@gmail.com wrote:
/proc/loadavg does not give % CPU utilization it gives avg number of processes in the run queue.
try 'top' : it gives proc activity in real time.
Whwn can one say that a CPU is overloaded.i mean running one more process would be very difficult .
Just a passing thought : if your machine has been fork-bombed no process will run and m/c comes to a grindfing halt. I am not sure if that is what you are looking for, so *dont* try this. It is applicable to all variants of Linux and is possible only if the user has access to the m/c. _svaksh_