Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-20 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On 02/19/2017 07:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill chrome. > What can I

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew Savchenko
Hi, On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 13:53:49 +0100 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 14:36:17 +0100, Miroslav Rovis wrote: > > # killa chromium > # killall > in this case likely (never installed any of Schmoog's browsers): > # killall chromium It's "killall chrome". -- Neil Bothwick A pessimist complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 01:53:49PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when > I start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a > lot of open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill chrome. >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Johannes Rosenberger
On 19.02.2017 14:41, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Helmut Jarausch [17-02-19 14:04]: >> Hi, >> >> sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I >> start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of >> open tabs. >> >> In that case

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Meino . Cramer
Helmut Jarausch [17-02-19 14:04]: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill chrome. >

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170219-14:11+0100, Miroslav Rovis wrote: ... > Try Ctrl+Alt+Fx > where x is one of F1 ... F6 > and then issue: > # killa chromium # killall in this case likely (never installed any of Schmoog's browsers): # killall chromium -- Miroslav Rovis Zagreb, Croatia https://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Mick
On Sunday 19 Feb 2017 13:53:49 Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. > > In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill chrome. > What

Re: [gentoo-user] How to keep my system from (nearly) freezing?

2017-02-19 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170219-13:53+0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I Ebuilds are just text files, they don't run in the background... > start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of > open tabs. ( Chromium is