Re: /proc/loadavg disagrees with top and ps

From: John Summerfield (debian_at_ComputerDatasafe.com.au)
Date: 08/04/04

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    Tim Connors wrote:

    >John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> said on Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:34:03 +0800:
    >
    >
    >>Tim Connors wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Oh - and the waiting 5 seconds for your bash *shell* to echo a single
    >>>character keypress. <shudder>.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>At present I'm working from home by dialup. I frequently run gvim as a
    >>scratch-pad from which to multiclick and paste commands into my
    >>multitudinous terminals. Otheriwse the dialup would be unusable while
    >>getting my Sarge fixes, my email, checking /..
    >>
    >>Well, not the last.
    >>
    >>Pings often exceed 5 secs.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Slightly different story though. I'm talking about a local connection
    >not letting bash get enough timeslices to be able to register a
    >keypress and display it.
    >
    >
    >

    Yeah, I know. Feels much the same tho.

    >But I do frequently get ping times and ssh responses of 5 seconds over
    >my 1500mbit ADSL, because someone happens to be uploading an ISO or
    >whatever. I really would like it if our router did traffic shaping (I
    >don't want to have to get another box to do the shaping for us, and
    >then have to pay the electricity)
    >
    >I just forbade my housemate from uploading ISOs while I was trying to
    >work :)
    >
    >
    >
    Tunnel his traffic through your box. Shape her there:-) 

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