[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-08-31 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled Status in linux package in Ubuntu:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-08-31 Thread jecks
It is also possible, since we now know how the bug is triggered, should Marcus open a new report? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-08-31 Thread jecks
This also explains the reason a person with a USB drive was seeing thrashing (constant blinking) when using the fedora live environment with many tabs open. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-08-31 Thread jecks
Do you think this could eventually be merged into a kernel? Has anyone filed a kernel bugzilla with the patch so we can improve it, and get it merged to the kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-08-31 Thread Marcus Linsner
The attached kernel patch (applied on top of 4.18.5) that I've tried, almost completely eliminates the disk thrashing(the constant reading of executable(and .so) files on every context switch) associated with freezing the OS and so, with this patch, the OOM-killer is triggered within a maxium of 1

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-07-01 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
jecks (slayerproof32), it is most unhelpful to post comments or attachments here, or give pastebin links. If you want to motivate developers to want to look into your issue, file a new report. If you want developers to ignore your problem, continue posting here. marco (nazgul17), one may always

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread jecks
Consider also posting the output of Sudo parted -l Here are my results if these commands. Iam running top right now and will be posted soon. https://pastebin.com/8q75EXyz 1 ā€“ Inxi-Fzxc0 https://pastebin.com/mnj4Bamu ā€“ Lspci -V https://pastebin.com/KqpKuCa3 1 --Dmesg -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread jecks
Iā€™d say you probably want to start with these 4 commands and posting the results Lspci -v Inxi -Fzxc0 dmesg > dmesg.log (will save to ~/dmesg.log) top -b > top.log (run this command, then trigger the memory issue. It will save to ~/top.log. If you have to hard reboot, the file will still be

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread marco
Hi Christopher, How does one go about providing debugging information? Please consider the limitations of an environment that does not respond to commands. Thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
jecks (slayerproof32), this report is poorly defined, and not root caused as no debugging logs have been provided by the original reporter. However, what little is known is that the issue for the original reporter was correlated to when DMA was disabled in the BIOS, using a now old, and

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Package changed: linux (Arch Linux) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** No longer affects: linux (Ubuntu) ** Package changed: fedora => ubuntu ** Changed in: ubuntu Importance: Medium => Undecided ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Won't

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Summary changed: - System freeze on high memory usage + System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled ** No longer affects: linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage when DMA is disabled

2018-06-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-06-30 Thread jecks
Sitting here with a whole bunch of tabs open in YouTube. Memory used is 3.5 out of 3.7. Swap is now 760 megabytes. This is after my system has been left untouched for about 10 mins now. CPU usage is anywhere from 30 to 60%. It unfroze about a minute ago, but is still super slow, and it refroze

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-06-29 Thread Taddeo Manzi
"Won't fix"? This bug does not permit me to zip big files. "Sorry mom, you can't zip those files, GNU/Linux thinks your pc hasn't enough power to do it, best coming back to windows, where ram filling up doesn't kill your system." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-05-29 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: fedora Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage Status in linux package in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-05-16 Thread mostafa741
still happens with Fedora 28 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-05-05 Thread jecks
System crashes on high mem usage Steps to reproduce Open you fav browser Open a Youtube video and 4 tabs of google docs Check system monitor for ram usage Wow. 98.8% and only 10% swap used??? Open one more tab System crash, have to reboot by holding power button Expected result The memory is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-05-04 Thread lou
..Forgot to add, the Fedora 27 live version is running on one laptop in which I've upgraded the RAM to 8Gb. It has an (older version) Core-i5 in it for those curious and runs developer version of FF (60). It has happens here with gedit with 8 files opened, 2 file manager windows and 8 tabs, 3 or

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-05-04 Thread lou
Fedora 27, fully affected. New to linux a couple of years ago, I decided to try 'live' versions on two Win 7 laptops (4GB Ram each). Debian 8.6 first, then 8.7, 9.2 and 9.3. Ubuntu 14,15,16 Fedora 26, currently 27 DE's: Xfce, GNOME, Unity, Mate, Cinnamon, always the same problem. (XFce hold up

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-04-01 Thread Bug Watch Updater
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[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-04-01 Thread Daniel Aleksandersen
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #1472336 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472336 ** Also affects: fedora via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1472336 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-03-31 Thread Nandakumar Edamana
I noticed this same issue on Ubuntu 17.10. I didn't find swapping to be this annoying until recently. May be I've switched to swap file instead of partition? But I think it existed even before I did the switched. However, I had never (or at least this frequently) noticed freeze conditions due to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-03-30 Thread Lancillotto
Here is the solution my similar problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1526537/comments/27 . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-03-29 Thread Lancillotto
I have the same issue on Linux Mint 18.3 64 bit and it is reproducibile by the attached script. ** Attachment added: "mem-eater" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/159356/+attachment/5094516/+files/mem-eater -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-03-27 Thread Alekk
Very annoying. Successfully preventing from using Linux as reliable system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage Status in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-03-10 Thread cm
This is still happening in Ubuntu 17.10. Last time I tried to use ubuntu it was with 16.04 and I had to stop using it because of this issue. This is a critical bug, and I cannot understand that it is marked as low priority and not assigned to anyone. I cannot use Linux like this, I don't use the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-02-05 Thread Iiridayn
** Also affects: linux (Arch Linux) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage Status

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-01-17 Thread mostafa741
I hope this bug will be fixed soon, this bug preventing me from switching to Linux it also affects Fedora 27 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2018-01-16 Thread Mihai b
My ubuntu box is frozen and there is nothing I can do (i.e. the keyboard is not working). Why the kernel is not killing or pausing the processe(s) that are draining the resources? On my Mac it always stops them and ask to kill it or keep running. This is the last time I'm using linux(as my

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-12-28 Thread flamencist
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Memory - 6 Gb I have simple steps for reproducing: 1. Open firefox 2. Open https://github.com/J0rgeSerran0/vscode-csharp-snippets/blob/master/TUTORIALS.md It's documentation with few .gif images. That's it. How can to limit memory consuming for process in Ubuntu ? -- You

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-11-15 Thread yas
Hi SwaJime, you need to run 'sudo su' first and then the free sequence. Echoing the value to drop_caches requiere super user permissions. HTH 2017-11-15 19:38 GMT+01:00 SwaJime <159...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > yas, when I try that, I get "bash: /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches: Permission > denied" on

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-11-15 Thread SwaJime
yas, when I try that, I get "bash: /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches: Permission denied" on Ubuntu 16.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-09-27 Thread yas
Hi to the new updaters, :-) I found this to happen with several instances of chrome, or with file operations over big files in combination. I've filed a bug report that was confirmed a couple of years ago: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1504914 One thing that helped me to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-09-26 Thread insp
Ubuntu 16.04.3, encrypted disk, 8GB RAM, 11GB swap file. Default swapiness and cache_presure. System almost hang (feels like 1 frame per 5 seconds) with full RAM and 7.7/11GB swap used. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-02-19 Thread FireWolf
Ubuntu LTS 16.04.2 uname -a Linux DESKTOP 4.4.0-63-generic #84-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 1 17:20:32 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Memory from top: KiB Mem : 16107416 total, 10167280 free, 3403820 used, 2536316 buff/cache KiB Swap:0 total,0 free,0 used. 11914184 avail

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2017-02-03 Thread justauser
My Setup: Ubuntu 14.04.05 LTS, encrypted home & swap (but swap disabled, cause mounting wasnt possible... another known bug). Over the normal ubuntu usage over the day my RAM stays in a "common range". When I transfer data to an ntfs (ntfs3g mounted) partition / harddrive or read from such a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-11-17 Thread Fedge
This seems to be a vanilla Linux kernel problem as I am experiencing this on Fedora 24 as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-11-12 Thread dw1
This has been bothering me for a long time on Ubuntu 14.04. I installed with encrypted home and swap, but after numerous freezes tried unencrypted swap and now just run with disabled swap however it still seems to kick in automatically and start freezing when I run out of RAM. Most of the time

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-09-13 Thread f1ex
I have the same probem on my laptom with 8Gb without swap. I've just ran Chrome, Idea and VMs. This problem also affected work Desktop with 16 Gb of memory. I've tried new kernels - 4.7, 4.8, but they did not help me. The laptop often freeze and I have to reboot it. -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-09-11 Thread codexp
I am now on 4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 and that problem seems still to be present. I did not have that on Ubuntu though. I have it since I have Fedora installed. So could even be a configuration problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-07-07 Thread Tom Fields
Maybe Linux 4.7 adresses the out-of-memory issues with the following changes: http://lwn.net/Articles/684945/ https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/0a0337e0d1d134465778a16f5cbea95086e8e9e0 https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/e28e909c36bb5d6319953822d84df00fce7cbd18 -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-07-04 Thread jion
Why this bug is not taking in account? I deal with this issue for at least 2 years. Ubuntu 64bits + Chrome = Freezes all the time. With 8Gb of RAM the system frezees all the time, I work with ubuntu as web developer and I need to force kill chrome several times at day. Is frustrating. There is a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-06-15 Thread Renato Riolino
I have the same problem. Currently I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 64bits. I have 4GB of RAM and no swap. If I open too many apps and memory usage goes to 100%, the system completely freezes. Before 14.04, I was using 8.04 32bits and this problem never happend. If all the memory was used, new apps

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-06-15 Thread Dan Dascalescu
Still experiencing this on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit. The culprit is Chrome - I need to run two different versions at the same time for testing, and with ~20 tabs open in each, after 1-2 days of usage, Ubuntu freezes (unresponsive mouse cursor, the only thing that works is the power button). I would

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-04-13 Thread marco
This has annoyed me through the years on different machines and on different distributions ((K)Ubuntu and Debian). I am here because I experienced it, once more, a few minutes ago. Hard-drive (SSDs are silent, but I could tell from the led) usage skyrocketed even though I do not have any swap

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-03-09 Thread Cossio
Here it is: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1555351 How do I "subscribe you" to it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-03-09 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Cossio, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with the Ubuntu repository kernel (not mainline/upstream) via a terminal: ubuntu-bug linux Please feel free to subscribe me to it. For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs. -- You received this

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-03-09 Thread Cossio
Any intensive task will completely freeze the system, making it impossible to kill the offending process until it terminates. Only "solution" is to reboot system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2016-03-09 Thread Cossio
This is still happening in 15.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-10-15 Thread h
same problem with Ubuntu 14.10 64x when use matlab to load lots of data for training. It doesn't kill it after a couple of minutes, it takes hours and never comes alive again. I have to restart manually and then my ubuntu can not boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-10-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
h, 14.10 is End of Life so it will never receive any further updates as outlined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases . However, if this is reproducible in a supported release, it will help immensely if you filed a new report via a terminal: ubuntu-bug linux Please feel free to subscribe me to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-10-11 Thread yas
hi Christopher, filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1504914 and subscribed you as suggested to follow it up. HTH -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-10-10 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
yas, it would help immensely if you filed a new report via a terminal: ubuntu-bug linux Please feel free to subscribe me to it. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-10-10 Thread yas
I've found this advise to be helpful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/41778/computer-freezing-on-almost-full-ram-possibly-disk-cache-problem even without swap file/partition reserving some memory through the vm.min_free_kbytes parameter help avoid the freeze. I've reproduce it opening a lot of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-04-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
asgard2, it would help immensely if you filed a new report via a terminal: ubuntu-bug linux Please feel free to subscribe me to it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-04-12 Thread asgard2
same problem with Ubuntu 14.10 and 3.16.0-34-generic. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage Status in linux package in Ubuntu:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2015-03-22 Thread Soo
I also encounter the same problem on 14.04 LTS. With 10+ windows open, the system becomes frozen unexpectedly. Once it's frozen, it either becomes totally unresponsive such that nothing works except for the long-press power button or minimally responsive so that I can shift to terminal using

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

2014-10-06 Thread Maxim Imakaev
I have experienced the same issue since I started using Ubuntu 8.04. Often one of the users will run a program which would take a lot of memory, and this would completely freeze graphics and make all text terminals very slow. Sometimes I run a code which accidentally allocates more than my 32GB