Matt Connell wrote: > On Sun, 2024-06-09 at 06:51 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: >> the system suddenly froze, repeating the syllable "ake", "ake", >> "ake", "ake", "ake", "ake", ad infinitum. > I have a system that is a little lean and when this happens it is > invariably because I ran the system out of memory and noticed too late > to rectify it.
My system does this to when I forget to close some Firefox profiles and start a update that includes LOo, the qtweb package or others, sometimes a combination of those. I first notice when the TV video appears to pause. Usually by then, it is to late. Even if it tries to use swap, it is so slow that the system rarely responds to any keyboard use even if I try to switch desktops to stop or close something. Most of the time, the mouse pointer doesn't move either. I usually sit there until it crashes and reboots or I hit the reset button. It is surprising that the Alt SysRq key sequence doesn't work either tho. The F option should kill memory hungry processes but even that doesn't work. This is another reason I want to upgrade my rig. More memory. Current CPU speed isn't a deal breaker since I update while I nap in a chroot most of the time. Still, more memory and newer rig is what is needed. Even tho this isn't a fix, it might explain what the OP is dealing with. Dale :-) :-)
