On 6/1/05, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 23:53 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > After performing a yum clean packages and then a yum clean all, my FC3 > > system started slowing down. I would press a key and wait a few > > seconds for a response. Then it was a minute wait. Then it was > > infinete. > > > > I had to shut it down with 'the switch' to get back to where I am now. > > But the truth is, although this happened after cleaning yum, this is > > not the first time that it has happened to me. I had Opera, konsole, > > kmail, and konqerer open at the time. > > > > I can hear the hard disk crunching away whenever that happens. The > > computer is an AMD Duron machine with 512 megs of SDram. Note that I > > can move the mouse and the pointer keeps up with me. Other than that- > > frozen. > > > > Any ideas what to look for? I will try to keep track of what is > > running when this happens, when it happens again. > > When you see the system do this, run the command top. It will show you > the process that is eating your resources. > > Thomas > Problem is, when the system does this, I can't do anything! In what logs can I look to find the culprit? Dotan Cohen http://english-lyrics.com/el/band.php/402/Pink%20Floyd
