high load averages on idle OpenBSD 4.1 GENERIC#1435 i386 machine

Hi,

I noticed, that on my machine, where top is showing

CPU states: 0.2% user, 0.0% nice, 1.4% system, 0.0% interrupt,
98.4% idle

is see load averages: 2.06, 2.05, 2.00

The machine is not doing any high load tasks. What I can check?

I had recently upgraded OpenBSD 4.0 to 4.1. Can this be somehow
related (Did I forget to update a configuration file?)

Best regards,
Jiri

[email]plavcik@gmail.com[/email] <plavcik@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> I noticed, that on my machine, where top is showing
> CPU states: 0.2% user, 0.0% nice, 1.4% system, 0.0% interrupt,
> 98.4% idle
> is see load averages: 2.06, 2.05, 2.00
> The machine is not doing any high load tasks. What I can check?
> I had recently upgraded OpenBSD 4.0 to 4.1. Can this be somehow
> related (Did I forget to update a configuration file?)[/color]

I had a similiar problem with an IBM x300 and the sensors daemon. Disabling
iic and ichicc in UKC helped here.

HTH, Helmut

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On Oct 31, 10:40 am, "Helmut Schneider" <jumpe...@gmx.de> wrote:[color=blue]
> plav...@gmail.com <plav...@gmail.com> wrote:[color=green]
> > I noticed, that on my machine, where top is showing
> > CPU states: 0.2% user, 0.0% nice, 1.4% system, 0.0% interrupt,
> > 98.4% idle
> > is see load averages: 2.06, 2.05, 2.00
> > The machine is not doing any high load tasks. What I can check?
> > I had recently upgraded OpenBSD 4.0 to 4.1. Can this be somehow
> > related (Did I forget to update a configuration file?)[/color]
>
> I had a similiar problem with an IBM x300 and the sensors daemon. Disabling
> iic and ichicc in UKC helped here.
>
> HTH, Helmut
>[/color]

Thank you for reply. Disabling is done by creating a custom kernel?

Jiri

In article <1193966664.695267.78120@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
[email]plavcik@gmail.com[/email] <plavcik@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>On Oct 31, 10:40 am, "Helmut Schneider" <jumpe...@gmx.de> wrote:[color=green]
>> plav...@gmail.com <plav...@gmail.com> wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > I noticed, that on my machine, where top is showing
>> > CPU states: 0.2% user, 0.0% nice, 1.4% system, 0.0% interrupt,
>> > 98.4% idle
>> > is see load averages: 2.06, 2.05, 2.00
>> > The machine is not doing any high load tasks. What I can check?
>> > I had recently upgraded OpenBSD 4.0 to 4.1. Can this be somehow
>> > related (Did I forget to update a configuration file?)[/color]
>>
>> I had a similiar problem with an IBM x300 and the sensors daemon. Disabling
>> iic and ichicc in UKC helped here.
>>
>> HTH, Helmut[/color][/color]

[color=blue]
>Thank you for reply. Disabling is done by creating a custom kernel?
>
>Jiri[/color]

NO. Or probably, not in the sense that you intend.

There is a nifty mechanism called autoconf in openbsd kernels.
This means you can boot the kernel with -c from the boot prompt, to
access it, and disable what you want.

When you're satisfied, you can use config -e to do the same thing
in a more permanent way.

But you definitely do not have to create a `custom' kernel in the
ordinary sense, no new kernel to compile.

On Nov 2, 9:19 am, es...@lain.home (Marc Espie) wrote:[color=blue]
> In article <1193966664.695267.78...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> plav...@gmail.com <plav...@gmail.com> wrote:[color=green]
> >On Oct 31, 10:40 am, "Helmut Schneider" <jumpe...@gmx.de> wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> plav...@gmail.com <plav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I noticed, that on my machine, where top is showing
> >> > CPU states: 0.2% user, 0.0% nice, 1.4% system, 0.0% interrupt,
> >> > 98.4% idle
> >> > is see load averages: 2.06, 2.05, 2.00
> >> > The machine is not doing any high load tasks. What I can check?
> >> > I had recently upgraded OpenBSD 4.0 to 4.1. Can this be somehow
> >> > related (Did I forget to update a configuration file?)[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> I had a similiar problem with an IBM x300 and the sensors daemon. Disabling
> >> iic and ichicc in UKC helped here.[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> HTH, Helmut[/color]
> >Thank you for reply. Disabling is done by creating a custom kernel?[/color]
>[color=green]
> >Jiri[/color]
>
> NO. Or probably, not in the sense that you intend.
>
> There is a nifty mechanism called autoconf in openbsd kernels.
> This means you can boot the kernel with -c from the boot prompt, to
> access it, and disable what you want.
>
> When you're satisfied, you can use config -e to do the same thing
> in a more permanent way.
>
> But you definitely do not have to create a `custom' kernel in the
> ordinary sense, no new kernel to compile.[/color]

Thank you. I like this mechanism for changing kernel!

I had disabled iic in kernel and now is the reporting allright.

Than you for the support provided,
Jiri

> Thank you. I like this mechanism for changing kernel![color=blue]
>
> I had disabled iic in kernel and now is the reporting allright.
>
> Than you for the support provided,
> Jiri[/color]

I have to admint, that I was too fast with the optimistic result.
After few minutes, the uptime reported low numbers only just after
boot of adjusted kernel. Later, the values were again higher.

I learned a new thing about "working with kernel" in OpenBSD, which I
like. Unfortunatelly, I did not exactly found, where was the problem.
If in upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1 or in some device? Sorry for now playing
more with this.

I solved this issue with installing 4.2 from scratch. Uptime is now
showing same values as top.

Jiri