Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: What's the problem | Date | Fri, 7 May 1999 17:22:13 +0300 (EEST) | From | Matti Aarnio <> |
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Jan Varga <varga@frru.utcru.sk> wonders: > Hi, > > sometimes I notice that some processes starts consume much CPU time > but when I run 'strace -p pid' nothing happens > It is usualy netscape or some kde applications
A process which is doing something purely in user space without doing syscalls will not appear doing anything in 'strace' sense -- which is to track kernel calls.
Use 'gdb' to figure out where the beast is spinning. (If debug symbols are available.)
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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