Re: How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-05 Thread Matthew Crews
> I checked the hard drive using the manufacturer's diagnostics and it's > fine. Even if the hard drive were failing, I'm not sure how it would > address my question. Shouldn't enough of the operating system be > running in RAM (I have 4 gigs of it and no swap) so that my computer > can switch to a

Re: How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-05 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 05.11.2017 11:54, Borden Rhodes wrote: > ... > I checked the hard drive using the manufacturer's diagnostics and it's > fine. Even if the hard drive were failing, I'm not sure how it would > address my question. Shouldn't enough of the operating system be > running in RAM (I have 4 gigs of it an

Re: How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-05 Thread Borden Rhodes
> Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 05:11:34 -0400 > From: Gene Heskett > >> What kernel or other settings can I set to let me keep control of my >> computer during a runaway process? Basically, how do I tell Linux to >> keep just enough resources free so I can drop into a shell terminal >> and figure out wha

Re: How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-02 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 01:10:08AM -0400, Borden Rhodes wrote: What kernel or other settings can I set to let me keep control of my computer during a runaway process? Basically, how do I tell Linux to keep just enough resources free so I can drop into a shell terminal and figure out what's going

Re: How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-02 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 02.11.2017 10:10, Borden Rhodes wrote: > What kernel or other settings can I set to let me keep control of my > computer during a runaway process? Basically, how do I tell Linux to > keep just enough resources free so I can drop into a shell terminal > and figure out what's going wrong? > > In

Re: How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 02 November 2017 01:10:08 Borden Rhodes wrote: > What kernel or other settings can I set to let me keep control of my > computer during a runaway process? Basically, how do I tell Linux to > keep just enough resources free so I can drop into a shell terminal > and figure out what's goi

How do I stop system hangs?

2017-11-01 Thread Borden Rhodes
What kernel or other settings can I set to let me keep control of my computer during a runaway process? Basically, how do I tell Linux to keep just enough resources free so I can drop into a shell terminal and figure out what's going wrong? In context, this evening my computer hung for 30 minutes.