03-08-2005
prngd consumes huge CPU
I've noticed that the prngd process seems to consume lots of CPU every now and again on our Sparc Solaris 8 machines - I've done a google search and others too have experienced this. I have yet to find a reason or a fix. Does anyone here know why this happens? Once I stop ssh and restart it prngd seems to behave normally in that it is not consuming CPU.
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gdm-restart
gdm-restart(1m) User Commands gdm-restart(1m)
NAME
gdm-restart, gdm-safe-restart, gdm-stop - stop or restart GDM
SYNOPSIS
gdm-restart
gdm-safe-restart
gdm-stop
DESCRIPTION
gdm-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a HUP signal to the GDM daemon. This command immediately terminates all sessions and logs out
users currently logged in with GDM.
gdm-safe-restart stops and restarts GDM by sending a USR1 signal to the GDM daemon. GDM is restarted as soon as all users log out.
gdm-stop stops GDM by sending a TERM signal to the GDM daemon.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gdm-restart Executable to stop and restart GDM
/usr/bin/gdm-safe-restart Executable to stop and restart GDM safely
/usr/bin/stop Executable to stop GDM
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-display-mgr |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmdynamic(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmphotosetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdm(1m), gdmsetup(1m), attributes(5)
NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2006.
SunOS 5.11 1 Sep 2004 gdm-restart(1m)