On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:55:02PM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:

Can somebody please provide an explanation (or point me in the direction of one) for the CPU(s) line in top.

I get the percentages for us(er) and sy(stem) but what do ni,id,wa,hi and si relate to ?

Random guess mode after beer = On

ni = nice (programs set to be "nice" man nice for more info)

id = idle (sitting around doing bugger all really, waiting for something to happen)

wa = wait (waiting for i/o either disk or network related to finish)

hi = dunno

si = dunno

Adam