it is sooo ify! I just ran it for like 10 minutes with no crashes whereas before I had just started the computer and ran dt for 2 minutes and it crashed. Then I restarted and I had a repeat performance of the 2 minute thing. On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Michael wrote: > $ stress --cpu 8 --io 4 --vm 2 --vm-bytes 128M --timeout 10s > stress: info: [7571] dispatching hogs: 8 cpu, 4 io, 2 vm, 0 hdd > stress: info: [7571] successful run completed in 10s > > I don't know what that was suppossed to tell me but there it is. > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Michael wrote: > >> I am experiencing no slowness. It is like the days where you had a power >> switch on the back of your computer... or it is like a hard reboot. >> >> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Stephen Partington > > wrote: >> >>> OpenCL in darktable mainly impacts rendering. it should have no effect >>> on on system or ram consumption unless you are experiencing slowness during >>> render cycles. >>> >>> 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 < >>>> Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: