I have experienced the same issue since I started using Ubuntu 8.04. Often one of the users will run a program which would take a lot of memory, and this would completely freeze graphics and make all text terminals very slow. Sometimes I run a code which accidentally allocates more than my 32GB RAM, and if I don't hit Ctrl+C within 1-2 seconds, it will never even go through in gnome-terminal. The only solution would be to SSH in to the machine and kill the process manually.
In some cases even ssh or console login do not help, and I have to wait for hours or reboot the machine. I am surprised that there is no way to save 50-100 megabytes of RAM free for a root to log in and kill the process; it would be very helpful, especially when rebooting the computer is not possible. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/159356/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
