[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-23 Thread Pete Goodall
In desperation I tried re-installing to see if I just had something installed with a serious memory leak. Unfortunately, this has not improved the situation. My device is next to useless until this is resolved. -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-09 Thread Pete Goodall
Marking as 'New' since I think I have supplied all the required information. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
Per some advice I received on #ubuntu-kernel I'm attaching some debugging output. Here is a list of the files: vmstat-log-7-July-2010.txt: Output of `vmstat 1 60` once the system started swapping free.txt: Output of `free -m` a minute later free-2.txt: Output of `free -m` about 10 seconds

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
** Attachment added: vmstat-log-7-July-2010.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51503344/vmstat-log-7-July-2010.txt -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
** Attachment added: free.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51503439/free.txt -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
** Attachment added: free-2.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51503443/free-2.txt -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
** Attachment added: top-output.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51503458/top-output.txt -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
I made the last comment before I read Jeremy's comments (should have refreshed the bug report). Anyway, I'll attach the output he is looking for and be sure to test the upstream kernel as well. -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected ** Description changed: Periodically I notice my system slows to a near stand still, and the hard drive light is constantly going. This seems to be a massive amount of disk i/o and it lasts for a long time (lets say 30 mins to put a

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
I have reproduced the bug using the mainline kernel. I installed linux- image-2.6.35-999-generic from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/daily/current/, and rebooted running that kernel. I was running Chromium, Xchat and Banshee w/ no problem, so I decided to try to stress the system

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-07 Thread Pete Goodall
I noticed there is a 'needs kernel logs' tag. Is there something else you need attached? If so, do you need it attached running both the current maverick kernel and the mainline kernel? -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-06 Thread Jeremy Foshee
Hi Pete, Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications-Accessories-Terminal). It

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-07-02 Thread Pete Goodall
Ok, from what I can tell the system is swapping way too easily. If I'm running Chromium + XChat I'm fine. As soon as I open OpenOffice or Evolution or Rhythmbox that seems to push the memory over the edge and the system starts swapping. If I can manage to get to a terminal in time and kill the

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-06-29 Thread Chow Loong Jin
** Package changed: ubuntu = linux (Ubuntu) ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #12309 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12309 ** Also affects: linux via http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12309 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- massive i/o

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-06-21 Thread Pete Goodall
I think this is related to swap, actually. I have decread swappiness to 10, and will see if I encounter this again. Not sure what the next steps are if that works. -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-06-21 Thread Pete Goodall
Apparently reducing the swappiness didn't help. My system is currently hopelessly locked (and I'm writing this on another device on my desk). I'm ssh'ed into my netbook and running `iotop -a`. Here are the top two items: 1 be/4 root 10.34 M 0.00 B ?unavailable? init 33

[Bug 595047] Re: massive i/o renders the system unusable

2010-06-21 Thread Pete Goodall
To add to the last comment, kswapd has just leaped up to over 7 MB written and rising fast! this is in a span of a couple of minutes. -- massive i/o renders the system unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,