[MLUG] Gnome 3

[Jeremy]

On 11-04-15 10:26 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 05:28:53PM -0400, Gabriel Marrero wrote:
>> I have squeeze running on acer 4720:
>>
>> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7500  @ 2.20GHz, 4gb mem
>>
>> I think your problem is related to memory overflow  but  related to  swap's
>> size, I've seen similar issues like this before.
>>
>> Let me know your swap's partition
>>
>> xgabo
>
> I do sometimes get thrashing, where the disk light stays on almost all
> the time.  Killing firefox usually cures this.
>
> But sometime I get no response at all when the system doesn't seem to be
> thrashing, and top doen't show any process with particularly high CPU
> usage.  ctl-alt-F1 still works, and in this situation kolling firefox
> also restores normal system operation.
>
> This situation often (but not exclusively) happens when I close a tab
> that had an animation in it (such as youtube)  It doesn't seem to matter
> whether the animation had already finished.
>
> -- hendrik

When that happens to me it is usually flash or the flash wrapper crashing.

Jeremy