-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/02/13 12:08, Colin Law wrote: > On 7 February 2013 11:59, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> ... I've switched to chromium to see what difference that makes. >> I'll try restarting thunderbird and see what happens > > When it is running slow is it using Swap memory? You can see that > using System Monitor or top in a terminal. I ask because earlier > I think you said the disk light was going mad, which is a symptom > of swapping. With 4GB of RAM it should not need to swap.
This sounds bang on the money to me and mirrors my own experience. Firefox and Thunderbird use up quite a lot of RAM, but my laptop has 6GB and I still have the same problem periodically. I haven't yet managed to narrow it down, though, so I've been unable to offer any useful information. JT - -- - ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- James Tait, BSc | xmpp:jayte...@wyrddreams.org Programmer and Free Software advocate | Tel: +44 (0)870 490 2407 - ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlETn9cACgkQyDo4xMNTLiZeigCfbqjEfu6d4XB38FgMkatOEhcW JVIAmwTJbbEf8TWSR3pMYvMFqDxEvxkn =vIWd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
