Well, not yet ;-). If it doesn't crash, you might need to stress the graphics card as well with one of these tools: https://www.pcsuggest.com/gpu-benchmarking-and-stress-testing-in-linux/ So maybe kick off both stress and glmark2 --run-forever On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Michael wrote: > if it doesn't crash I'll start hounding the darktable forums. > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:45 PM, Michael wrote: > >> Just started..... lets see what happens >> >> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Brien Dieterle wrote: >> >>> Forget darktable for now. Did you run stress test for more than 10 >>> seconds? >>> >>> This will run a stress test for 30 minutes: >>> >>> stress --cpu 8 --io 4 --vm 2 --hdd 2 --timeout 1800s >>> >>> If you can get it to crash with just this stress program, then it has >>> nothing to do with darktable >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Michael wrote: >>> >>>> I have no sensors running and as for it panicing when warm sometimes it >>>> panics after I run dt 2 minutes after it had been shut down an hour and >>>> doesn't panic even though dt had run10 minutes. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Brien Dieterle >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Check your bios settings for hardware monitoring and temperature >>>>> limits. You may have it set with a maximum temperature so the machine >>>>> panics when it's just warm. >>>>> >>>>> Try raising this number or disabling the feature entirely >>>>> >>>>> But first check your sensors by installing a temperature monitoring >>>>> program >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 30, 2017 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/s >>>>>>>>>>> mart2.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@l >>>>>>>>>>> ists.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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >