Looking at this, it appears that i don't have a swap partition at all. Does that mean that my system isn't actually swapping, or that the swap is handled some other way?
jz...@jzitt-ubuntu-eee-1000p:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x9f1192b6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 10444 83885056 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 10444 17738 58593750 83 Linux /dev/sda3 18150 19455 10485760 1b Hidden W95 FAT32 /dev/sda4 19455 19457 17760+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32) Disk /dev/sdb: 2044 MB, 2044723200 bytes 31 heads, 30 sectors/track, 4294 cylinders Units = cylinders of 930 * 512 = 476160 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 4295 1996676+ b W95 FAT32 Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xc680f370 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 1 60801 488384001 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) jz...@jzitt-ubuntu-eee-1000p:~$ On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:01 AM, David Steele <[email protected]>wrote: > Sounds like it is thrashing swap. Can you run 'top' somewhere to monitor > for memory hogs? ( 'M' to sort by memory usage) > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Following up, a month later: >> >> Well, it looks like I've figured out all these problems -- except the most >> vexing one. Printing, the external monitor, the keyboard, all do what I >> expect them to, on my Asus Eee 1001P running Ubuntu 10.10. >> >> The system still will go into a state in which the disk sounds like it's >> thrashing endlessly and the interface freezes. I can sometimes nudge the >> mouse pointer a little, but that's it. The only thing to do is to forcibly >> power down. This has been happening, pretty much consistently, after it's >> been up for an hour or two, when I've gone a little while without using the >> keyboard or mouse. This happens both when I'm running the Netbook edition >> with the Unity interface and the Desktop edition with the Gnome interface. >> It does not happen when I run Windows 7 on the same hardware. >> >> Unfortunately, this happens consistently enough that I end up running >> Windows most of the time. Since I prefer Linux and am more comfortable with >> it, I would like to run Ubuntu on the system as my default, only hopping >> over to Windows for specific tasks (such as managing my iPhone, which I >> would leave to my PowerPC Mac running OS X Panther, except that, like a lot >> of people, I can't get it to talk to my 2WIRE DSL connection effectively). >> >> Searching the web, I haven't found other instances of the problem with >> Ubuntu freezing up, but I may not be searching on the right terms. >> >> Might this added info point to a solution? >> >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> First, my apologies for posting outside the key topics of politics or >>> dentistry. >>> >>> I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition with the Unity interface on an >>> Asus Eee 1001P. [0] >>> >>> The system has some quirks, such as starting with the keyboard NumLocked >>> (which led me to think that i couldn't log in at all until I realized it) >>> and not supporting an external monitor well. >>> >>> It also sometime grinds effectively to a halt. I hear it continuously >>> accessing the hard drive, but can't do anything. This sometimes happens when >>> I revive it by pressing a key after it's been idle for several hours, but >>> also see it in some other less well-defined circumstances. (One thing I >>> found was that opening the Files and Folders screen, so I don't use that >>> anymore, sticking with Gnome Commander.) When this happens, all I can do is >>> forcibly power down then power it back up. >>> >>> I seem to remember there being scripts, and possibly even software >>> packages, that straightened this stuff out, but I'm not seeing them anymore. >>> >>> BTW, I hated the Unity interface when I first experienced it, but have >>> grown to like it. With the help of Gnome Do, a bunch of Firefox plugins, >>> Dropbox, and a few other tools, this is a surprisingly useful little PC. >>> >>> So... does anyone have any pointers on getting 10.10 to work better on >>> this Eee? >>> >>> [0] http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=5AH8HAdGuhiQIXgg >>> -- >>> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com
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