Problems with Fedora 2

Snerkel · 09-13-2004, 04:32 PM

ok i have a confusing problem with fedora 2! ok now the problem is that when i first install i have no problems but then after i have been running it for a while, say 2-3wks about everything starts to run slow. not in general use but e.g. the game chromium goes REALLY dodgy i mean really slow and guddery even in the main menu. thats not the only thing though, even amsn doesnt run right, it logs in but then i cant even use it because it wont finish loading after it has logged in! also i tried running return to castle wolfenstine but i cant use that either.

Has anyone else had any problems like this or can anyone give me any advice ?
thanks in advance, Ben

ferreter · 09-14-2004, 05:05 PM

I don't think its a fedora thing, I'd restart your X session and see if that makes a difference.

Snerkel · 09-14-2004, 05:48 PM

how do you mean restart the X session ? I have reset the comp and it doesnt make a differance, is there anything else i can try? or how do i restart X because i will try that.

cincindie · 09-14-2004, 08:23 PM

The easiest way to restart X is to do a ctrl-alt-backspace. Then, login as root and type in startx. Also, are there any processes that are consuming your CPU after 2-3 weeks of use (100% CPU)? What about the amount of free memory and cached memory (top shuld give you this information)?

Snerkel · 09-15-2004, 02:27 AM

i will try to restart X now, Here is the results from "top" theres nothing that you were talking about e.g. constant CPU usage, atleast idont think so! i also think my memorys fine but have a look.

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top - 08:28:09 up 35 min,  3 users,  load average: 0.16, 0.49, 0.56
Tasks: 105 total,   1 running, 103 sleeping,   0 stopped,   1 zombie
Cpu(s):  7.0% us,  0.7% sy,  0.0% ni, 92.2% id,  0.2% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si
Mem:    515568k total,   488652k used,    26916k free,    31504k buffers
Swap:  1048312k total,        0k used,  1048312k free,   271916k cached

PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
 2838 root      15   0  184m  51m 139m S  7.7 10.2  10:18.89 X
 4162 ben       15   0 25452  12m  20m S  2.7  2.5   0:00.79 gnome-terminal
10694 ben       15   0 98776  34m  31m S  0.7  6.9   0:08.24 mozilla-bin
 3623 ben       25  10 31076  18m  22m S  0.3  3.6   0:06.55 rhn-applet-gui
11196 root      16   0  1832  916 1620 R  0.3  0.2   0:00.43 top
    1 root      16   0  1464  452 1316 S  0.0  0.1   0:01.47 init
    2 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.01 migration/0
    3 root      34  19     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
    4 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.04 migration/1
    5 root      34  19     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 ksoftirqd/1
    6 root       5 -10     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 events/0
    7 root       5 -10     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 events/1
    8 root       6 -10     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 khelper
    9 root       8 -10     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kacpid
   35 root       5 -10     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.04 kblockd/0
   36 root       5 -10     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.01 kblockd/1
   37 root      15   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.11 khubd

JustOl'Bob · 09-15-2004, 07:13 AM

Looks like you've used up about all your HD space allotted to Linux, which is why your 'puter is straining trying to find a place to run the apps. You also seem to have a giant swap file. I'd change the partitions to reduce the swap to 2x ram and give the rest to your Linux files.

Snerkel · 09-15-2004, 11:25 AM

ok firstly do you mean to change it to 2x what the ram is ? so i have got 512mb or DDR would i set my swap to 1gb ? and how would i go about changing the size of the partitions ?

cincindie · 09-15-2004, 12:20 PM

Actually, what you have is fine (according to top): your swap is 1GB, and your memory is 512MB. At the moment you got the top output, was your computer slow? - because yes, your CPU is idle, and your memory (free, cached, buffered) looks fine. Also, after things become slow, do they stay slow for ever, or does the speed come back up? - because linux updates the database pretty much every day during which time the system slows down a bit.

Snerkel · 09-16-2004, 07:10 AM

yes at the time i did "top" my comp was slow

it has been slow for quite a while now.

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Also, after things become slow, do they stay slow for ever, or does the speed come back up?

i really dont know, but i would like to know as that is a good thing to know. if that was the case why would it slow down in the first place ?

ferreter · 09-16-2004, 08:46 AM

I've noticed that the same thing happens to me but only when mozilla is running for a long time (usually w/ multiple tabs open). I've always just logged out, then logged back in to solve the problem though. Its probably some memory mismanagement somewhere.

Snerkel · 09-16-2004, 09:41 AM

well it permantly happens to me, my comp has been off since last night (it is now 2.51pm) i just got in and switched it on and its is just as bad. Amsn wont even load correctly, it logs in but then it just freezes and it wont finish loading. it might be that i have to much stuff on my HDD but it is all just back-up of my server so it wont be there for long and i hope thats what the problem is and that it will resolve itself once i remove the backed-up files (hopefully tonight). i will let you know the result

ferreter · 09-16-2004, 09:56 AM

If it doesn't work perhaps you have some memory or hardware that's going bad?

Snerkel · 09-17-2004, 07:40 AM

i dont think it is the hardware, it is all pretty good and resnobly new.