Sounds more like general overheating apt install stress man stress On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Michael wrote: > You know.... I'm having trouble running darktable. It seems that after I > start it it runs a few minutes and then reboots the computer. Probably > because I do not have a GPU (I don't think). Then I saw this thread and > thought that I'd give that a try. So it seems I can not run chrome and > darktable at the same time. > ___ > 'lspci' shows that my graphics card is : > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] > RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] > and 'lspci|grep gpu' returned an empty set > (if I did that correctly) > so I suppose the cheapest way to fix this is to get a gpu.... correct? > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Carruth, Rusty > wrote: > >> In my experience, it’s almost always Firefox taking all of memory. (Or >> Chrome, or whatever web browser you’re using). >> >> >> >> I agree with Mr B, run top or htop and see what’s, well, on top ;-) >> >> >> >> Rusty >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: SMART_HRS_RGB] >> >> >> >> Rusty Carruth | Customer Support | *rusty.carruth@smarth.com >> * | http://www.smarth.com >> >> >> >> [image: linkedin] [image: >> twitter] See the new M4[image: >> cid:image004.jpg@01D348E7.AF930710] >> >> >> >> >> See us on Storage Search http://www.storagesearch.com/smart2.html >> >> >> >> 510-624-5391 <(510)%20624-5391> | Fax: 480-926-5579 <(480)%20926-5579> >> | 1325 N. Fiesta Blvd. Suite 101 Gilbert, Az. 85233 >> >> >> >> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Michael Butash >> *Sent:* Sunday, October 29, 2017 10:05 AM >> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list >> *Subject:* Re: computer slow >> >> >> >> If I ever have that, it's usually because of something with a memory >> leak, or desktop graphic compositing is degrading over time. >> >> >> >> Before you reboot, see if you can ssh into it from another computer and >> check htop (or just top all you have), see if something is consuming all >> your memory or cpu. >> >> >> >> Desktop compositors are all shite from what I can tell (including >> windoze), they're all just a varying degree of broken when you push them, >> or just have a slow (or buggy) video card. Depending on your desktop >> environment of choice, try turning down graphics options, or disabling the >> compositor all together to see if it helps stability. >> >> >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Michael wrote: >> >> I'm almost certain that in my bag of tricks I had instructions on >> 'resetting' my computer when it started acting weird but I can't find them. >> Riddle me this: I try to leave the computer on 24/7 (maybe I shouldn't do >> that) and twice so far I come up to it and it is non-responsive or really >> slow to respond. Anyone know how to fix this? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >