`top` reports all CPU states as 0% on i386

[David Malone]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:50:35AM -0500, Scott W wrote:
> Not sure this helps in any immediate fashion, but another data point....

I think this problem is usually caused by one of the clock interrupts
stopping. Checking the output of "vmstat -i" can confirm this - check
for:

clk irq0               1044322763        100
rtc irq8               1352668148        129

The rate for the first one should 100 (Or possibly HZ, if you have
adjusted HZ). The rate of the second should be about 128, unless
things have got confused.

	David.