Dm-crypt freezing computer?

Retro64XYZ retro64xyz at gmail.com
Thu Jun 25 14:58:50 MST 2020


Is your DM-Crypt set to encrypt a swap drive?

On 6/25/20 2:44 PM, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I am extracting from a large tar file, and at around the 2nd gig, my 
> computer starts to slow and even freeze up a bit. Mouse always moves 
> fine, but that’s about it.
>
> iotop reports dm-crypt is the only thing and is using 99% of my 
> read/write.
> htop shows minimal processing being used and ram isn’t full...
>
> So... can dm-crypt as full disk encryption slow the computer to almost 
> freezing?
>
>
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