<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffff00" text="#000000"> On 10-05-06 09:31 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:r2x880dece01005060931jce2c4c60m48e1ad810d0e404b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">How can I log things that peg the CPU or memory? Often I get several-second lockups (nothing works but the mouse pointer moves) and I'd like to know the state of the machine at that instant. I could direct top's output to a file, nice it, and then parse that manually, but if there is a better way then I'd love to know. Thanks. </pre> </blockquote> Install and run GKrellM to keep track of all your computer functions. Ross Schoenauer </body> </html>