Well, I have the same problem on occasion. I cannot say if it is related to being online since I have a cable connection, but RAM is not my problem. I have 512 MB DDR and my system never touches the swap file. I intentionally tried to make it hit the swap file and had a hard time getting it below 150 MB.
Similar symptoms to the previous message. Everything slows down to a crawl until reboot. it takes 2 mins for the clock icon to leave a program opening in KDE and then it may not actually pop up for another 30 sec to 1 min. Even if I just want to open a terminal. It does not seem to be related to length of logon time, as it has occurred soon after a reboot and after several hours. Thanks, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] System Getting Sluggish > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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