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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:59:44 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:59:44 +0000 |
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diff --git a/help/C/process-identify-hog.page b/help/C/process-identify-hog.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7f0d95 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/process-identify-hog.page @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="process-identify-hog"> + <info> + <revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-26" status="review"/> + <link type="guide" xref="index#processes-tasks" group="processes-tasks" /> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Phil Bull</name> + <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> + <years>2011</years> + </credit> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Michael Hill</name> + <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> + <years>2011, 2014</years> + </credit> + + <desc>Sort the list of processes by <gui>% CPU</gui> to see which + application is using up the computer's resources.</desc> + </info> + + <title>Which program is making the computer run slowly?</title> + + <comment> + <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull@gmail.com">Phil Bull</cite> + <p>Explain how the System Monitor can be used to find + misbehaving/resource-hogging processes. (A lot of process use 100% CPU or + similar if they hang, for example.)</p> + </comment> + + <p>A program that is using more than its share of the CPU may slow down the + whole computer. To find which process could be doing this:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Click the <gui>Processes</gui> tab.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Click the <gui>% CPU</gui> column header to sort the processes + according to CPU use.</p> + <note> + <p>The arrow in the column header shows the sort direction; click again + to reverse it. The arrow should point up.</p> + </note> + </item> + </steps> + + <p>The processes at the top of the list are using the highest percentage CPU. + Once you identify which one might be using more resources than it should, you + can decide whether to close the program itself, or close other programs to + try to reduce the CPU load.</p> + + <note style = "tip"> + <p>A process that has hung or crashed might use 100% CPU. If this happens + you may need to <link xref="process-kill">kill</link> the process.</p> + </note> + +</page> |