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Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:29:53 +0100
From: Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup
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2009/6/21 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com:
Thanks, Lucy.
The system monitor gives memory usage as about 38% of about 700 Mb (I have
750 Mb of RAM).
This will create a file called
dmesg.txt in your home directory. Can you copy the contents into a
pastebin and give us a link please?
2009/6/22 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com:
2009/6/21 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com:
Thanks, Lucy.
The system monitor gives memory usage as about 38% of about 700 Mb (I have
750 Mb of RAM).
This will create a file called
dmesg.txt in your home directory. Can you copy the contents into
2009/6/22 Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com:
2009/6/22 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com:
Okay. It all looks fine so far (I don't know how long the machine was
running for though?). However, I did notice that it tried to resume
from disk, but this failed so it started normally. I imagine
Try atop rather than top (sudo apt-get install atop) - it gives you
more information on virtual memory and swap space, as it seems to me
that your issue may be a lack of available memory causing excessive
swapping.
Sean
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2009/6/22 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net:
Try atop rather than top (sudo apt-get install atop) - it gives you
more information on virtual memory and swap space, as it seems to me
that your issue may be a lack of available memory causing excessive
swapping.
Paul stated earlier that his memory
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/6/22 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net:
Try atop rather than top (sudo apt-get install atop) - it gives you
more information on virtual memory and swap space, as it seems to me
that your issue may be a lack of available
Paul stated earlier that his memory usage was only 38%. It also
wouldn't explain the boot time getting longer..
Startup being slow could be any one of a number of things.
If he booted without the splash screen perhaps he can see at what point the
thing hangs and report back, as I'd imagine it
2009/6/22 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net:
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/6/22 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net:
Try atop rather than top (sudo apt-get install atop) - it gives you
more information on virtual memory and swap space, as it seems to me
Okay, missed that.
I find atop rather good because it lists used memory against
committed memory, and if the latter is actually more than exists (ie.
physical+virtual memorycommitted memory) it's a sure sign that
there's something eating memory like there is no tomorrow - and it
paints it in red
Sean Miller wrote:
Okay, missed that.
I find atop rather good because it lists used memory against
committed memory, and if the latter is actually more than exists (ie.
physical+virtual memorycommitted memory) it's a sure sign that
there's something eating memory like there is no tomorrow -
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Sean Miller wrote:
Okay, missed that.
I find atop rather good because it lists used memory against
committed memory, and if the latter is actually more than exists (ie.
physical+virtual memorycommitted memory) it's a sure sign that
Vinothan Shankar wrote:
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John wrote:
Sean Miller wrote:
Okay, missed that.
I find atop rather good because it lists used memory against
committed memory, and if the latter is actually more than exists (ie.
physical+virtual
Hi (again)! I'm a relative newcomer to Ubuntu, a refugee from the Windows
Wonderland, and I like it very much. However, lately the hard disk churns
and churns, almost all the time, and startup is very slow. Even writing this
email has taken a long time, because sometimes everything else comes to a
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 08:29 +0100, Paul Webster wrote:
Hi (again)! I'm a relative newcomer to Ubuntu, a refugee from the
Windows Wonderland, and I like it very much. However, lately the hard
disk churns and churns, almost all the time, and startup is very slow.
Even writing this email has
2009/6/21 Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk:
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 08:29 +0100, Paul Webster wrote:
Hi (again)! I'm a relative newcomer to Ubuntu, a refugee from the
Windows Wonderland, and I like it very much. However, lately the hard
disk churns and churns, almost all the time, and startup
Paul Webster wrote:
Hi (again)! I'm a relative newcomer to Ubuntu, a refugee from the
Windows Wonderland, and I like it very much. However, lately the hard
disk churns and churns, almost all the time, and startup is very slow.
Even writing this email has taken a long time, because sometimes
Hi
Thanks very much for the suggestions. I installed iotop as instructed, but
can't work out what to do with it, since it does not appear in any part of
the applications menu (nor in any other menu, as far as I can see). In
System Monitor, under resources, nothing seems to be using much, except
2009/6/21 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com:
The bootup time on my slightly aging Celeron M laptop is now close to 2
mins. I thought Jaunty was meant to be quick in this department.
Do computers running Ubuntu gradually get slower and slower like Windows
computers do?
No. Ubuntu and
Just out of curiosity, Paul, How old is the Hard drive your using?
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Not that old. I've had the computer less than two years. I doubt it's a
hardware problem.
2009/6/21 Liam Wilson liamwilso...@gmail.com
Just out of curiosity, Paul, How old is the Hard drive your using?
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