Xwindows becomes unresponsive
On my computer after a moment of use xwindows becomes unresponsive. Can't type anything or interact at all. I checked the processes with the ps command and it once said compiz was 79% CPU. I restarted the environment and after a short while it became unresponsive. This time compiz was only 4%. Checking the memory however I was pretty much all full. PS didn't give any hint to what is using the resources. What is going on?
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On my computer after a moment of use xwindows becomes unresponsive. Can't type anything or interact at all. I checked the processes with the ps command and it once said compiz was 79% CPU. I restarted the environment and after a short while it became unresponsive. This time compiz was only 4%. Checking the memory however I was pretty much all full. PS didn't give any hint to what is using the resources. What is going on?
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How much memory? How much swap?free -h;swaponwill tell you.
– waltinator
Jan 23 at 18:03
@waltinator don't know what you were trying to so with the swapon command. It just gave swapon help. This is the output when my computer is starting to grind to a halt, but still responds if patient. MEM TOTAL 3.8G USED 3.7 FREE 109M SHARED 55M BUFFERS 883M CACHED 1.5G SWAP TOTAL 255M USED 616K FREE 255M
– Ben Yazolli
Jan 23 at 23:50
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On my computer after a moment of use xwindows becomes unresponsive. Can't type anything or interact at all. I checked the processes with the ps command and it once said compiz was 79% CPU. I restarted the environment and after a short while it became unresponsive. This time compiz was only 4%. Checking the memory however I was pretty much all full. PS didn't give any hint to what is using the resources. What is going on?
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On my computer after a moment of use xwindows becomes unresponsive. Can't type anything or interact at all. I checked the processes with the ps command and it once said compiz was 79% CPU. I restarted the environment and after a short while it became unresponsive. This time compiz was only 4%. Checking the memory however I was pretty much all full. PS didn't give any hint to what is using the resources. What is going on?
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How much memory? How much swap?free -h;swaponwill tell you.
– waltinator
Jan 23 at 18:03
@waltinator don't know what you were trying to so with the swapon command. It just gave swapon help. This is the output when my computer is starting to grind to a halt, but still responds if patient. MEM TOTAL 3.8G USED 3.7 FREE 109M SHARED 55M BUFFERS 883M CACHED 1.5G SWAP TOTAL 255M USED 616K FREE 255M
– Ben Yazolli
Jan 23 at 23:50
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How much memory? How much swap?free -h;swaponwill tell you.
– waltinator
Jan 23 at 18:03
@waltinator don't know what you were trying to so with the swapon command. It just gave swapon help. This is the output when my computer is starting to grind to a halt, but still responds if patient. MEM TOTAL 3.8G USED 3.7 FREE 109M SHARED 55M BUFFERS 883M CACHED 1.5G SWAP TOTAL 255M USED 616K FREE 255M
– Ben Yazolli
Jan 23 at 23:50
How much memory? How much swap?
free -h;swapon will tell you.– waltinator
Jan 23 at 18:03
How much memory? How much swap?
free -h;swapon will tell you.– waltinator
Jan 23 at 18:03
@waltinator don't know what you were trying to so with the swapon command. It just gave swapon help. This is the output when my computer is starting to grind to a halt, but still responds if patient. MEM TOTAL 3.8G USED 3.7 FREE 109M SHARED 55M BUFFERS 883M CACHED 1.5G SWAP TOTAL 255M USED 616K FREE 255M
– Ben Yazolli
Jan 23 at 23:50
@waltinator don't know what you were trying to so with the swapon command. It just gave swapon help. This is the output when my computer is starting to grind to a halt, but still responds if patient. MEM TOTAL 3.8G USED 3.7 FREE 109M SHARED 55M BUFFERS 883M CACHED 1.5G SWAP TOTAL 255M USED 616K FREE 255M
– Ben Yazolli
Jan 23 at 23:50
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How much memory? How much swap?
free -h;swaponwill tell you.– waltinator
Jan 23 at 18:03
@waltinator don't know what you were trying to so with the swapon command. It just gave swapon help. This is the output when my computer is starting to grind to a halt, but still responds if patient. MEM TOTAL 3.8G USED 3.7 FREE 109M SHARED 55M BUFFERS 883M CACHED 1.5G SWAP TOTAL 255M USED 616K FREE 255M
– Ben Yazolli
Jan 23 at 23:50