Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

On 2021-06-08 9:44 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

| From: Chris Aitken via talk 

| Alt+F2, then r, [Enter] restarts gnome without closing any applications.
| Everything is working like a charm, now.

Great!

I didn't know about this.

Odd: this looks like it is going to run the "r" shell command, but
there is no such command.  Hardwired magic?

I tried it.  Each of my windows came back blank until I selected it.  Odd.
For me, Alt+F2 brought up a little GUI single-line command widget. Then 
I typed 'r' and it restarted gnome. Whether the 'r' would have worked in 
a terminal, I don't know. I'll try it if gnome hangs again, in the 
future. If not, that I guess would mean that Alt+F2 would be analogous 
to typing some command, then the 'r' would be the switch (if they even 
call it that in linux) that restarts gnome.

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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Mauro Souza via talk]

166MB of apparent free RAM isn't the problem. There are several GB used for
buffers/cache, so they count as free. As soon as the kernel needs more than
those 166MB, that memory being used for cache will be discarded and used.
I agree with all the others blaming Gnome3. I personally don't like Gnome3
and I either use XFCE on my company-mandated laptop or Cinnamon on my
personal laptop.

Mauro
https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User: 294521
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Em ter., 8 de jun. de 2021 às 11:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <
talk@gtalug.org> escreveu:

> | From: Chris Aitken via talk 
>
> | owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
>
> Which model of HP-Compaq-8000-Elite computer is this?
> What's the processor?
> Do you have a video card?
>
> The GPU built into old Intel processors is not really great for gnome.
>
> My superstitious understanding is:
> - gnome's compositor uses 3d graphics primitives.
> - the i915(?) video driver emulates them in software.
> - the result is quite sluggish
> I'm not sure of this -- I haven't needed to know.
>
> All this is needlessly wasteful.  If you don't need gnome, consider
> running a different desktop.  Unfortunately, KDE is no better.
>
> A new video card could solve this, but they are unreasonably expensive
> these days, especially when you are upgradding an old machine.
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk]

| From: Chris Aitken via talk 

| owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h

Which model of HP-Compaq-8000-Elite computer is this?
What's the processor?
Do you have a video card?

The GPU built into old Intel processors is not really great for gnome.

My superstitious understanding is:
- gnome's compositor uses 3d graphics primitives.
- the i915(?) video driver emulates them in software.
- the result is quite sluggish
I'm not sure of this -- I haven't needed to know.

All this is needlessly wasteful.  If you don't need gnome, consider
running a different desktop.  Unfortunately, KDE is no better.

A new video card could solve this, but they are unreasonably expensive
these days, especially when you are upgradding an old machine.
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk]

| From: Chris Aitken via talk 

| Alt+F2, then r, [Enter] restarts gnome without closing any applications.
| Everything is working like a charm, now.

Great!

I didn't know about this.

Odd: this looks like it is going to run the "r" shell command, but
there is no such command.  Hardwired magic?

I tried it.  Each of my windows came back blank until I selected it.  Odd.
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

I searched and found a little fix: 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1337816/gnome-shell-growing-use-of-cpu-on-20-04 



Alt+F2, then r, [Enter] restarts gnome without closing any applications. 
Everything is working like a charm, now.


Chris

On 2021-06-07 4:04 p.m., Lennart Sorensen wrote:

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 02:00:55PM -0400, Chris Aitken via talk wrote:

Does this show whether more RAM would help..?

owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
   total    used    free  shared buff/cache
available
Mem:  7.6Gi   2.5Gi   166Mi   209Mi 5.0Gi   4.7Gi
Swap: 2.0Gi   696Mi   1.3Gi

To me that looks like RAM is doing OK.  Less than half is in use (4.7G
available out of 7.6G).



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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Lennart Sorensen via talk]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 02:00:55PM -0400, Chris Aitken via talk wrote:
> Does this show whether more RAM would help..?
> 
> owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
>   total    used    free  shared buff/cache  
> available
> Mem:  7.6Gi   2.5Gi   166Mi   209Mi 5.0Gi   4.7Gi
> Swap: 2.0Gi   696Mi   1.3Gi

To me that looks like RAM is doing OK.  Less than half is in use (4.7G
available out of 7.6G).

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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Howard Gibson via talk]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:52:14 -0400
Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:

> I think the problem is that gnome is hogging CPU. I can get gnome CPU 
> usage to 98% just by moving the mouse.
> Chris

Chris,

   There is room on my machine only for one CPU hog, and that is not Gnome_3.  
My desktop is FVWM, and I use some tools that come with LXDE.  FVWM probably is 
not for beginners, but the configuration files are heavily commented.  They may 
be fairly manageable, especially if you can find a configuration that is 
approximately what you want.  I strongly recommend XFCE and LXDE. 

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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

I think the problem is that gnome is hogging CPU. I can get gnome CPU 
usage to 98% just by moving the mouse.

Chris

On 2021-06-07 2:36 p.m., Howard Gibson via talk wrote:

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:00:55 -0400
Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:

Does this show whether more RAM would help..?

owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
    total    used    free  shared buff/cache
available
Mem:  7.6Gi   2.5Gi   166Mi   209Mi 5.0Gi   4.7Gi
Swap: 2.0Gi   696Mi   1.3Gi

Chris,

I am not sure.  Is that what it looks like when you are having problems?  
My systems were locking up when Firefox tried to run something.  I had fewer 
problems with Google Chrome, and Brave Browser.



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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Dhaval Giani via talk]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:01 AM Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:
>
> On 2021-06-07 1:42 p.m., Howard Gibson via talk wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:28:10 -0400
> > Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
> >> 5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.
> > Chris,
> >
> > My primary machines were having problems, slowing and stopping while 
> > stuff ran.  I fixed the problem by adding more RAM.  8GB on my desktop and 
> > 4GB on my laptop were not enough.  24GB and 16GB seem to be working fine.
> Does this show whether more RAM would help..?
>
> owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
>totalusedfree  shared buff/cache
> available
> Mem:  7.6Gi   2.5Gi   166Mi   209Mi 5.0Gi   4.7Gi
> Swap: 2.0Gi   696Mi   1.3Gi
>

166 MB free RAM. That might be a small problem! Find the memory hogs
and that might help. Though you might want to think about more RAM.

Dhaval

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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Howard Gibson via talk]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:00:55 -0400
Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:
> Does this show whether more RAM would help..?
> 
> owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
>    total    used    free  shared buff/cache   
> available
> Mem:  7.6Gi   2.5Gi   166Mi   209Mi 5.0Gi   4.7Gi
> Swap: 2.0Gi   696Mi   1.3Gi

Chris,

   I am not sure.  Is that what it looks like when you are having problems?  My 
systems were locking up when Firefox tried to run something.  I had fewer 
problems with Google Chrome, and Brave Browser. 

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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

On 2021-06-07 1:42 p.m., Howard Gibson via talk wrote:

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:28:10 -0400
Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:


Hi,

I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.

Chris,

My primary machines were having problems, slowing and stopping while stuff 
ran.  I fixed the problem by adding more RAM.  8GB on my desktop and 4GB on my 
laptop were not enough.  24GB and 16GB seem to be working fine.

Does this show whether more RAM would help..?

owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
  total    used    free  shared buff/cache   
available

Mem:  7.6Gi   2.5Gi   166Mi   209Mi 5.0Gi   4.7Gi
Swap: 2.0Gi   696Mi   1.3Gi





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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Howard Gibson via talk]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:28:10 -0400
Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me 
> 5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.

Chris,

   My primary machines were having problems, slowing and stopping while stuff 
ran.  I fixed the problem by adding more RAM.  8GB on my desktop and 4GB on my 
laptop were not enough.  24GB and 16GB seem to be working fine. 

-- 
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jhowardgib...@gmail.com
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

On 2021-06-07 1:11 p.m., Val Kulkov via talk wrote:






So, sudo apt-get install smartmontools ?


Yes. Then follow some guide on how to check hard disk's health with 
smartctl, for example this one: 
https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/SMART_tests_with_smartctl 


I installed smartmontools, then tried running the test ...

owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ sudo smartctl -t 
 /dev/sda

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `>'



I still suggest checking or replacing the drive's cable. Hard drive 
read errors, including the ones reported by smartctl, are sometimes 
caused by a faulty cable or a faulty connector.
I don't open the computer anymore. I have a tech who's cheap and 
willing. I'll try software options, first, then take it in, if needs be.

Chris


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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Lennart Sorensen via talk]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 12:56:27PM -0400, Chris Aitken via talk wrote:
> top - 12:54:52 up 6 days,  7:18,  1 user,  load average: 1.41, 1.13, 0.78
> Tasks: 218 total,   1 running, 217 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> %Cpu(s): 28.4 us,  1.8 sy,  0.0 ni, 68.6 id,  1.2 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0
> st
> MiB Mem :   7832.9 total,    924.7 free,   2014.9 used,   4893.3 buff/cache
> MiB Swap:   2048.0 total,   1348.0 free,    700.0 used.   5388.9 avail Mem
> 
>     PID USER  PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
>    1869 owner 20   0 4176040 291112  40200 S  39.9   3.6 274:37.27
> gnome-shell
>   84930 owner 20   0 2653900 189280 114976 S  13.3   2.4 1:12.68 Web

Looks like gnome is killing your system's CPU.  Perhaps it expects 3D
hardware accaleration and you don't have that?

I stopped running gnome when version 3 came out since I could not deal
with their interface choices.

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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Val Kulkov via talk]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 12:50, Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:

> On 2021-06-07 11:56 a.m., Val Kulkov via talk wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 11:33, Chris Aitken via talk 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
>> 5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.
>>
>
> Try checking your hard disk's health with smartctl (package smartmontools).
>
>
> 
>
> So, sudo apt-get install smartmontools ?
>

Yes. Then follow some guide on how to check hard disk's health with
smartctl, for example this one:
https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/SMART_tests_with_smartctl

I still suggest checking or replacing the drive's cable. Hard drive read
errors, including the ones reported by smartctl, are sometimes caused by a
faulty cable or a faulty connector.
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

On 2021-06-07 12:05 p.m., Dhaval Giani via talk wrote:

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 8:56 AM Val Kulkov via talk  wrote:


On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 11:33, Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:

Hi,

I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.


Try checking your hard disk's health with smartctl (package smartmontools). Try 
replacing the hard disk's SATA cable.


Because I am terrible at reading comprehension.

Have you ruled out the usual suspects?

- How much RAM as you using?
free -h

owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
  total    used    free  shared buff/cache   
available

Mem:  7.6Gi   1.9Gi   1.0Gi   103Mi 4.7Gi   5.3Gi
Swap: 2.0Gi   699Mi   1.3Gi


will help check that out?

- Are you swapping?

I don't know.


- Are you using up too much CPU bandwidth? I prefer using htop to get
an ongoing view, but you could get those details from top.

top - 12:54:52 up 6 days,  7:18,  1 user,  load average: 1.41, 1.13, 0.78
Tasks: 218 total,   1 running, 217 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s): 28.4 us,  1.8 sy,  0.0 ni, 68.6 id,  1.2 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  
0.0 st

MiB Mem :   7832.9 total,    924.7 free,   2014.9 used,   4893.3 buff/cache
MiB Swap:   2048.0 total,   1348.0 free,    700.0 used.   5388.9 avail Mem

    PID USER  PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU  %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
   1869 owner 20   0 4176040 291112  40200 S  39.9   3.6 274:37.27 
gnome-shell
  84930 owner 20   0 2653900 189280 114976 S  13.3   2.4 1:12.68 
Web Content
   1577 owner  9 -11 2982144   9480   6684 S   2.7   0.1 139:53.59 
pulseaudio
  83286 owner 20   0 3889660 464800 172124 S   2.3   5.8 5:02.71 
firefox
   1659 owner 20   0  815292  47720  28360 S   1.7   0.6 133:55.05 
Xorg
  83464 owner 20   0 2829504 292768 126512 S   0.7   3.7 3:20.08 
Web Content
  85108 owner 20   0  814564  49672  37116 S   0.7   0.6 0:01.76 
gnome-terminal-
  85988 root  20   0   0  0  0 I   0.3   0.0 0:00.17 
kworker/u8:1-events_unbound

  86201 owner 20   0   12040   3992   3240 R   0.3   0.0 0:00.28 top
  1 root  20   0  169580   7472   4588 S   0.0   0.1 0:11.08 
systemd
  2 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.18 
kthreadd
  3 root   0 -20   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
rcu_gp
  4 root   0 -20   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
rcu_par_gp
  6 root   0 -20   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
kworker/0:0H-kblockd
  8 root   0 -20   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
mm_percpu_wq
  9 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:07.50 
ksoftirqd/0
 10 root  20   0   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:53.98 
rcu_sched
 11 root  rt   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.84 
migration/0
 12 root -51   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
idle_inject/0
 14 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
cpuhp/0
 15 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
cpuhp/1
 16 root -51   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
idle_inject/1
 17 root  rt   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:01.04 
migration/1
 18 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:06.76 
ksoftirqd/1
 20 root   0 -20   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
kworker/1:0H-kblockd
 21 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
kdevtmpfs

 22 root   0 -20   0  0  0 I   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 netns
 23 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
rcu_tasks_kthre
 24 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
rcu_tasks_rude_
 25 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
rcu_tasks_trace
 26 root  20   0   0  0  0 S   0.0   0.0 0:00.00 
kauditd



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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

On 2021-06-07 11:56 a.m., Val Kulkov via talk wrote:


On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 11:33, Chris Aitken via talk > wrote:


Hi,

I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system.
Takes me
5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.


Try checking your hard disk's health with smartctl (package 
smartmontools).




So, sudo apt-get install smartmontools ?
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Dhaval Giani via talk]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 8:56 AM Val Kulkov via talk  wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 11:33, Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
>> 5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.
>
>
> Try checking your hard disk's health with smartctl (package smartmontools). 
> Try replacing the hard disk's SATA cable.
>

Because I am terrible at reading comprehension.

Have you ruled out the usual suspects?

- How much RAM as you using?
free -h
will help check that out?

- Are you swapping?

- Are you using up too much CPU bandwidth? I prefer using htop to get
an ongoing view, but you could get those details from top. (Note - if
you have a multicore system like most of us do today, you will see CPU
consumption of more than 100%. As long as it is less than x*100 where
x is the number of CPUs, you should be "fine". To know the number of
CPUs, "lscpu" is a helpful command.)

- Are you having some CPUs getting oversubscribed. htop is more useful
in seeing this. If you see some CPUs running at 100% and others at
something lower, that might be something to investigate.

Dhaval
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Val Kulkov via talk]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 11:33, Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
> 5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.
>

Try checking your hard disk's health with smartctl (package smartmontools).
Try replacing the hard disk's SATA cable.
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Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Dhaval Giani via talk]

Chris,

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 8:33 AM Chris Aitken via talk  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me
> 5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.
>
> df reveals I have lots of space except what is dedicated to snap. I
> don't even know what snap is. Do I need snap. Whenever updates are
> offered I just accept them all, because I don't know the ramifications
> of refusing them. So, I may have accepted snap at some point.
>
> owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ df
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> udev 39809080   3980908   0% /dev
> tmpfs 802092 1684800408   1% /run
> /dev/sda5  959862832 72588468 838446204   8% /
> tmpfs4010452  952   4009500   1% /dev/shm
> tmpfs   51204  5116   1% /run/lock
> tmpfs40104520   4010452   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> /dev/loop0 5683256832 0 100% /snap/core18/1997
> /dev/loop1 5683256832 0 100% /snap/core18/2066
> /dev/loop4224256   224256 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/66
> /dev/loop2166784   166784 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145
> /dev/loop3223232   223232 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/60
> /dev/loop6 6668866688 0 100%
> /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515
> /dev/loop5 6643266432 0 100%
> /snap/gtk-common-themes/1514
> /dev/loop7 5235252352 0 100% /snap/snap-store/498
> /dev/loop8 5235252352 0 100% /snap/snap-store/518
> /dev/loop103289632896 0 100% /snap/snapd/11841
> /dev/sda1 5232484523244   1% /boot/efi
> /dev/loop113289632896 0 100% /snap/snapd/12057
> tmpfs 802088   88802000   1% /run/user/1000
>

https://snapcraft.io/about - to know more about snap

Beyond that - snaps (i am just guessing looking at your mountpoint and
details) look like just simple files mounted at a mount point. Since
these are probably ro files, you cannot write to them, and so it makes
sense available space of the snap is zero. The snap itself  seems to
be inside /snap.

Dhaval

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[GTALUG] Ubuntu 20.04.2 is groaning

[Chris Aitken via talk]

Hi,

I am hoping to get some help with my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS system. Takes me 
5+ seconds just to enter commands, switch between apps, etc.


df reveals I have lots of space except what is dedicated to snap. I 
don't even know what snap is. Do I need snap. Whenever updates are 
offered I just accept them all, because I don't know the ramifications 
of refusing them. So, I may have accepted snap at some point.


owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev 3980908    0   3980908   0% /dev
tmpfs 802092 1684    800408   1% /run
/dev/sda5  959862832 72588468 838446204   8% /
tmpfs    4010452  952   4009500   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs   5120    4  5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs    4010452    0   4010452   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0 56832    56832 0 100% /snap/core18/1997
/dev/loop1 56832    56832 0 100% /snap/core18/2066
/dev/loop4    224256   224256 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/66
/dev/loop2    166784   166784 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145
/dev/loop3    223232   223232 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/60
/dev/loop6 66688    66688 0 100% 
/snap/gtk-common-themes/1515
/dev/loop5 66432    66432 0 100% 
/snap/gtk-common-themes/1514

/dev/loop7 52352    52352 0 100% /snap/snap-store/498
/dev/loop8 52352    52352 0 100% /snap/snap-store/518
/dev/loop10    32896    32896 0 100% /snap/snapd/11841
/dev/sda1 523248    4    523244   1% /boot/efi
/dev/loop11    32896    32896 0 100% /snap/snapd/12057
tmpfs 802088   88    802000   1% /run/user/1000


Chris Aitken
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