Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Runing unstable on a Dell dimensions XPS T450 with 128 > Mb Ram and 384 Mb Swap Partition on a 13 Gb HD. I run > KDE with usually 4 or 5 session Konsole windows open > and the Mozilla browser and perhaps an embedded modia > player open-nothing else. Before a few minutes pass(< > 5 min.), the HD starts making noise, reading and > writing, then the mouse becomes unresponsive(clicking > anything wont respond for several minutes) and may > even disappear(pointer) for a minute of so. After > several minutes pass(maybe 15-20 min.) the system > begins to respond normally again after the HD slows > down it's read/write activity. During the total time > this phenomena is occurring, the system is totally > useless. Can't even shut it down. I don't know if > this is even a swap issue or what to do about it or > whether it may be a virus infection or some setup > issue. It is totally unacceptable and I could use some > serious help in pinning it down and getting it fixed. > Please copy my email address as I'm not subscribed. > >
I'd start by seeing if it happens with another user. In a different windowing environment. In a simple X session (twm or icewm, etc) In console without X running at all. In single-user mode. Then I'd post the results here. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
