-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/07 11:26, Tyler wrote: > Hi, > > This isn't strictly a debian issue, but if anyone has good advice it > will be you folks! > > I'm working with some fairly large image files on my Thinkpad R60 with > 512MB ram, running etch and fluxbox. On occassion the whole system > freezes for a minute or more after I zoom in or out. When this happens I > can usually get the mouse pointer to move, but often nothing else > responds - ie. clicking on anything, fluxbox shortcuts to jump to > another desktop, even c-a-F1 to get to a new terminal. > > When the machine starts responding again I open top and find that xorg > and gv (which I'm viewing the image in) use near 100% of my CPU when I > resize the image, and xorg is using 70% of my memory. I imagine during > freezes more of the memory is being used (all?). > > My question is, will adding memory improve the situation? I'd been > considering adding another 512 or even a gig, as the 512 I have now is > the minimum recommended for use with the GRASS gis software that I'm > also starting to use, and the manuals recommend more. > > Any suggestions welcome!
How large is "fairly large"? How beefy is the CPU? How much swap does your system use when processing the image? If it uses more than a few MB of swap, then you need more RAM. Otherwise, you need a faster CPU. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFukOfS9HxQb37XmcRAjyvAJ9mXx3VBGTkEb1Jwhc3Nzwuv5VVagCg7nJz ntWj1/dKFBZelO9pXkdOL5g= =ZZ59 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]