On 7/5/20, 0...@caiway.net <0...@caiway.net> wrote: > > terminator, after years of superb stability, started to freeze my > desktop sometimes. > This behavior started some 3 months ago. > > Freeze happens sometimes when I start another window with terminator. > > The only solution is to change to another desktop > and from a xterm 'killall terminator', closing all windows with > terminator. > > checking the logs didn't help. > > Otherwise, the system is rock solid.
Just thinking out loud while you wait for others. How's the temperature where you're at? Is there any chance e.g. the CPU(s) is/are overheating? Fan kicking on a lot is a handy hint there. Just asking as a checklist point "for the archives" because it's exactly what I'm experiencing right now. It has been occurring probably within the same time span, too. Firefox-ESR is my problem child. I have to shut it down approximately every hour or so. Can't remember having to do that at all during the wintertime. Have had to go the CTRL+ALT+F2 (or F3 OR..) route myself a couple times... OR... the laptop's power on/off hardware button during extreme instances. Now I'm finally consciously paying attention to where I can USUALLY get to the terminal to killall before the system gets too bogged down to flip through the widows to be able to type in that same killall command. No reboot is necessary, just relaunch and off we go... until the next approximate hour or so passes away in time. Afterthought: No, my problem's mostly not limited (computer) memory. There will still be more than 1GB unused when my lockdowns occur. In days gone by, "free -m" has shown 60+ for "Mem" and 90+ for Swap, and it will still be almost working. :) Cindy :). -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
