Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and Performance

Section 8.1.  Hacks 6977: Introduction

Hack 69.  Find Resource Hogs with Standard Commands

Hack 70.  Reduce Restart Times with Journaling Filesystems

Hack 71.  Grok and Optimize Your System with sysctl

Hack 72.  Get the Big Picture with Multiple Displays

Hack 73.  Maximize Resources with a Minimalist Window Manager

Hack 74.  Profile Your Systems Using /proc

Hack 75.  Kill Processes the Right Way

Hack 76.  Use a Serial Console for Centralized Access to Your Systems

Hack 77.  Clean Up NIS After Users Depart