On 26/03/10 20:47, Daniel Quinn wrote: > I don't know why it's happening. I've tried various kernel options with no > change in behaviour. Outside of that though, I don't know what to try. > Suggestions welcome :-( >
It sounds very much to me like a lack of physical memory and your system is resorting to the swap partition. What does free report? Be lucky, Neil http://www.neiljw.net/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.