On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, cervix couch wrote: > >%_ > I've been having a problem in Linux and I have no idea where to look for the culprit. > > My problem is that, periodically, while I'm online (and only when I'm online), the >system will get extremely sluggish to the point where I usually have to power down >and reboot. > > When this happens, there are sounds like there's a lot of hard disk activity going >on and it never stops. > > I've tried unplugging the modem, but it doesn't do any good. > > Does anyone know why this happens? > THRASHING!!! You need more RAM Linux is trying to run swapping everything back and forth to the hard drive
-- Gerald Waugh
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