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Hello all, I'm a keen supporter of the Linux ethos and have been using it as a dual-boot for some years now. Now using Bodhi Linux 2.4.1 with my 2.66Ghtz Intel Celeron & 1GB RAM (1GB swap size) but the system hangs with as little as 31% CPU use (according to Conky) and often no applications open.
glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL drivers:
The program 'glxinfo' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing
sudo apt-get install mesa-util
dpkg -l enlightenment Enlightenment version:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii enlightenment 20130818-1 The Enlightenment DR17 Window Manager
uname -r Kernel:
3.8.0-19-generic
sudo fdisk -l HDD Partitioning:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cf903
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 309569535 154783744 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 309571582 312580095 1504257 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 309571584 312580095 1504256 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders, total 160836480 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xda16da16
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 148966244 74483091 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Complete list of applications and hardware available on request, alas too big a post for here!
Thank you for being so user-friendly by the way, Bodhi's own forums have led me round in circles trying to validate my account multiple times - yours needed only one attempt!
The application to run is top, it will tell you if there is a runaway process or whatnot. However, it just may be bad RAM, try running memtest overnight.
The application to run is top, it will tell you if there is a runaway process or whatnot. However, it just may be bad RAM, try running memtest overnight.
Thank you very much indeed Emerson, I ran a memtest which showed my RAM was clean but I run 'top' on every session now and consequently go much easier on my aged desktop (I am typing this on Midori and not the CPU-gobbling Firefox 26).
My first post is solved! Whooppee (and just before the hols too)!
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