Chris, I downloaded that image you linked and loaded it onto a usb stick and tested it that way (a little wary of direct installing it at first, it not being a final release).. however it did use the local swap space on the same drive and I was able to get kswapd0 to become active so I assumed that would be a reasonable starter test... I wasn't able to reproduce it with that release! the system did become slow when I drove it out of memory... and I did see a few seconds of mouse stutter however it never locked up permanently. Several of the applications I was using to drive up memory usage became greyed out as they became temporarily unresponsive but they returned to me and the system never locked up. I'm a little sad about the performance low performance of the whole situation however not locking up is a big plus and maybe if the applications themselves never need data on a medium as slow as a usb2 key it will not hit the brick wall quite so much... on the other hand, maybe the speed with which the ssd responded to data requests of unswapped applications will cause the issue itself...
Another variable to consider might be that I did not enable the compiz cube on the usb2 14.04 beta environment... which maybe contributes to the issue. Anyway... I will reload the laptop shortly with the new code base and see what happens. If I continue to be unable to reproduce it in 14.04...should I update any particular tags? you mentioned specific actions based on "upstream" but no particular actions for 14.04 test unless I missed it. Thanks very much for the time and assistance. Zach -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1299308 Title: [Asus X401A1] System slows/chugs/stutters then freezes when physical memory is low kswapd0 Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sometimes the mouse on my 13.10 laptop starts skipping, the system would become unresponsive, then completely lock up, and only a power off would restore it. Another time this started happening, I closed some apps right away and the system stayed alive. I was watching top while this happened and kswapd0 is active and my 2GB physical memory is low prior to the system grinding to a halt. I'm operating on a sata3 SSD, with 2GB swap space which was hardly used. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: linux-image-3.11.0-19-generic 3.11.0-19.33 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: zdea 1817 F.... pulseaudio Date: Fri Mar 28 21:05:30 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=57e76561-68f3-44c5-b029-a0ac3cf31a65 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-01 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X401A1 MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic root=UUID=20063a7b-33e9-4c0d-a5e6-2dc154ed8552 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.116.2 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: X401A1.211 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: X401A1 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX401A1.211:bd08/20/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX401A1:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX401A1:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: X401A1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1299308/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
