On Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 at 4:06 PM, American Citizen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello: > > I don't know where to look for even getting started on this odd situation. > > I am running openSuse Linux Leap 15.5 (up to date on software) on a 32 > gigs main memory. Currently the programs running are 22.9 tasks average > consuming 2.89 gigs of memory. > > When I go to type a command in the konsole window, sometimes things will > freeze, like the whole system is halted for a few seconds, then things > will resume forward from that point. The effect is like someone > stuttering, or temporary paralysis affecting the whole system. Sometimes > I am forced to wait a few seconds before things resume again. > > I am using the KDE Plasma desktop. I particularly notice the problem > when I will do tab completion or when I hit the backup key. I did check > the etc/completion.d folder but don't really know what to look for or > what is considered normal. > > Any ideas? I am totally puzzled by this strange behavior. I notice that > the clock icon keeps ticking just fine (when the system went into > swapping, sometimes the clock would freeze, so it's not that situation) > but you are forced to wait until the freeze-up goes away. > > Randall > > system information: > > > Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.5 > > KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9 > > KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 > > Qt Version: 5.15.8 > > Kernel Version: 5.14.21-150500.55.80-default (64-bit) > > Graphics Platform: X11 > > Processors: 6 × Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz > > Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM > > Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 > > Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard > > Product Name: HP Z420 Workstation Thats a beefy system. Do you know which nvidia driver you are using? nouveau or nvidia's official one? -Ben
