That sounds like thermals. do you have the sensors running from the 10 min run vs the 2 min run? On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Michael wrote: > 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 < >>> cryptworks@gmail.com> 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~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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