$ 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~(-: