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Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] System Getting Sluggish
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, cervix couch wrote:
> >%_
> I've been having a problem in Linux and I have no idea where to look for the culprit.
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> My problem is that, periodically, while I'm online (and only when I'm online), the system will get extremely sluggish to the point where I usually have to power down and reboot.
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> When this happens, there are sounds like there's a lot of hard disk activity going on and it never stops.
>
> I've tried unplugging the modem, but it doesn't do any good.
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> Does anyone know why this happens?
>
THRASHING!!!
You need more RAM
Linux is trying to run swapping everything back and forth to the hard drive
--
Gerald Waugh
Or if you didn't set it up on initial install, you need to add a swap partition at least equal to or twice the ram amount that you have, oops here comes a debate on the size of swap needed.
Dennis M.
