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Bug#820955: linux: When memory all used, cursor lags, keyboard does not respond, I am forced to reboot

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Hi Ben,

thanks for your prompt reply. I responded inline, see below. I am happy to
help.

Marco

On 14 April 2016 at 11:58, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
>
> Why have you deleted the system information from your report?
>
I am behind a proxy, so I can't send the report directly with reportbug. I
therefore selected the option to save in a temporary file and just
copy-pasted the content in my previous email.
If you could instruct me on how to generate a report with all the info you
need, I will happily create it.

>
> How much RAM is in this system?
>
16GB.

>
> Have you changed any of the VM sysctl settings?
>
I have no clue what that is, so probably not, unless I did it indirectly,
without knowing it.

>
> Does the 'OOM killer' run when you fill up memory?  Which processes
> does it kill?
>
Can't tell, because I am prevented from inputting anything.

>
> I would generally recommend having a small swap partition, though it
> won't help if processes are actively using more data than there is RAM
> in the system.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
>



-- 
Marco

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Bug#820955: linux: When memory all used, cursor lags, keyboard does not respond, I am forced to reboot Marco Tamassia <nazgul17@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 03:00 +0200
  Bug#820955: linux: When memory all used, cursor lags, keyboard does not respond, I am forced to reboot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-04-14 04:10 +0200
    Bug#820955: linux: When memory all used, cursor lags, keyboard does not respond, I am forced to reboot Marco Tamassia <nazgul17@gmail.com> - 2016-04-14 05:20 +0200
      Bug#820955: linux: When memory all used, cursor lags, keyboard does not respond, I am forced to reboot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-04-14 13:30 +0200

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