Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ2] huge CPU overload problem

[Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just for curiosity sake are you running Cobalt OS Release 4.0?  It seems
that every raq that I have upgraded to this release is now having
cpu/memory problems.  It also seems that there have been quite a few other
folks now having this problem. 

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, PowerClicks wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Just received the following from the RaQ2 Cron Daemon:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Subject: Cron <root@gamma> /usr/local/sbin/monitor
> 
> Your vendor has not defined Socket macro , used at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/auto/Cobalt/Monitor/mon_portwatch.al line 63
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> 6 minutes later got a CPU warning. It took me about 10 minutes to get 'top'
> to reply through telnet:
> 
>     load average: 55.35, 68.85, 58.86
> 
> Command "syslogd" is taking 99.9% cpu
> 
> Getting CPU info through the web is impossible. Although non monitor parts
> of admin are still working (slowly).
> 
> Now after 20 minutes, load is going back to a more usual >0.5 average.
> 
> If anyone has info on why this happened and what to do to prevent this,
> please lmk.
> 
> BTW when doing 'top' initially the lists was 95% consisting of ads.pl
> executions (aka webadverts). We are about to stop using webadverts, but I
> must say it has run with no problems (on a small site) for over 3 months on
> this server. Obviously there may be a relationship with my CPU prob...
> 
> Thanks very much in advance.
> 
> David
> 
> 
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