On Sunday 17 March 2002 14:39, you wrote: > Not sure about cacheing name server, but I am beleive DNS is taken care of > through my ISP. > > My box is a AMD 1.33 Ghz > 512MB DDR > Mandrake 8.1 running on a 4GB drive with > 2GB / > 200MB swap > rest /home > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ed tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:53 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] System Getting Sluggish > > > are you running a "cacheing name server? and what is the DNS running on? > > you > > > box, the network connection? are you running slocate? have you tried top > > to > > > see what is eating reasources? > > > > On Sunday 17 March 2002 11:45, you wrote: > > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Just a $.02 cents worth here, but on a 4gig HD depending on what you have installed there is not a lot of room left for things that are cached, like cookies etc. so when the disk gets more than 50% full the seek times start slowing, and at 80 to 90 % full you may see a noticable slow down. Now this is speaking from experience with my wifes windows computer and when she clears cache in netscape and ugh-aol, the system speeds up again. So you might give that a try when yours slows down. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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