On Saturday 16 August 2003 08:05 am, Ron Stodden wrote: > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> > <title></title> > </head> > <body> > Adam Williamson wrote:<br> > <blockquote type="cite" > cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > <pre wrap="">On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 02:59, Ron Stodden wrote: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Yes, I know this problem. You can avoid rebooting by: > > 1. Check that your swapfile is not full. If it is, generate a much > bigger one. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > My swapfile is 1.5GB. Not likely to be the problem. > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Tip: Use a console (Ctrl+Alt+F2), log in as root, and run > top. Swapfile stats are at the top. > This will then be there whenever you want it. whether KDE is running or > not. Don't run it from KDE, because of 2 below. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > Yes, thanks, I knew that.</pre> > </blockquote> > But the 1000 or so lurkers may not <g>, and should be grateful..<br> > <blockquote type="cite" > cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">2. When things slow down do Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and relog > on. This is quick and will give you a new KDE and current applications > setup. Particularly in this case a new Mozilla/Galeon, which in my case > seems to trigger the slowdown problem. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > Not practical. Besides, I use GNOME. Can you check and see if the > problem is linked directly to network transfers, as it seems to be for > me ATM? Any type of heavy network transfer slows the system down. > </pre> > </blockquote> > No, heavy network transfer (eg d/l cooker at broadband 300Kbs for half > an hour, say) has no detectable performance penalty on > anything. Processor is a 2.0GHz Pentium, memory > 266MHz.<br> > <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- > Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] > "If you keep a green bough in your heart, the singing bird will come" > Get Fastest Mandrake downloader, English-only, from: > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronst/";>http://members.optusnet.com.au >/ronst/</a> Click all ye faithful! </pre> > </body> > </html> HTML??? On Cooker??? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!! -- Ken Thompson WA7SYR Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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