YDL/RedHat difference in "top"

Henrik Farre yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun Aug 4 05:13:01 2002


On Sun, 04 Aug 2002 00:31:20 -0400 (EDT)
Christopher Murtagh <christopher.murtagh@mcgill.ca> wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Chris Ruprecht wrote:
> >I have noticed, that the CPU state line in 'top' is missing in under
> >YDL. Can anybody explain to me in simple words <grin> why that would be
> >like that?
> 
>  AFAIK, you will only get the CPU states with an SMP kernel. So if you
> compile your kernel with SMP you will get it, otherwise not.

Sure? Both my Powerbook 3400 and my single cpu workstation (i386) displays
the line:
CPU states:  5,2% user,  4,7% system, 86,4% nice,  3,6% idle

Try pressing t while top is running

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