[plug] System slowdown help

[John Knight]

Hmmm...... what's your video card and what drivers are you using? Does 
typing work fine out of X?

>I am running redhat 7.3 on a new installation.
>I have a problem where at certain random times the system seems to slow 
>down
>significantly.  I am running a KDE 3 desktop.
>Some of the symptoms are that when I type 'su -' there is a long delay
>before the password prompt returns (by long delay, I mean 10-15 seconds).
>When I jump out to a virtual terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1) the same delay is seen.
>
>I used 'top' to monitor processes, with a 1 second refresh, and do not see
>anything 'hogging' excessive CPU or MEM usage.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas on how I can trap the culprit that slowing my
>system down?
>
>Phil




Make lunch, not war.


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