--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/09/17 19:45:11	1.284
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/09/17 21:19:19	1.285
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.284 2002/09/17 19:45:11 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.285 2002/09/17 21:19:19 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -358,12 +358,13 @@ sub overloaderror {
        my $loadfile=Apache::File->new('/proc/loadavg');
        $loadavg=<$loadfile>;
        $loadavg =~ s/\s.*//g;
+       $loadavg = 100*$loadavg/$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
     } else {
        $loadavg=&reply('load',$checkserver);
     }
-    my $overload=$loadavg-$perlvar{'lonLoadLim'};
+    my $overload=$loadavg-100;
     if ($overload>0) {
-	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload*30;
+	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload;
         $r->log_error('Overload of '.$overload.' on '.$checkserver);
         return 413;
     }