roger hayter drtyuhayterorg message 51w4z90e9237321hotpopcom aaron kulkis writes roger hayter wrote message roger hayter writes grateful advice investigate problem installed opensuse 103 p5ab motherboard aladdin v chipset 512mb sdram cyrix mii300 processor runs slowly somewhat garbled graphics ati radeon 7000 use x windows without x windows run level 3 load average booting done various database things settled 050 even start socalled safe mode remove loadable modules apart needed drive ide interface load average never falls 020 first case cpu usage 60 idle 30 si context switching second cpu 95 idle load average varies 016 022 assume driver high priority kernel process fundamental show ps loop occupying processor time certainly machine even sluggish hardware warrant using older hardware router running suse 101 load averages 01 02 clearly vague bug report anyone suggest pin instance find cpu spending time matter interest almost completely explained resources used top little programme increases load average 02 25 significant values wait context switching testing running another console erroneous belief would make little difference sure didnt used great consumer resources top si context switching si servicing software interrupt hi servicing hardware interrupt thanks helpful get around investigating actually going sort assumed abbreviation used elsewhere roger hayter wed 06 aug 2008 014228 0000 opensuse 103 kernel problem p5ab motherboard top blame