El dom, 17-03-2002 a las 13:45, jquandt3 escribió: > 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
i may have a penny to add to this thread. but before i start babbling, i have a question for everyone getting a sluggish system after a while. are you all running KDE? see ya. Damian
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