[xubuntu-users] Performance problems on Xubuntu Edgy

[Vincent]

On 10/03/07, Carsten Agger <agger at c.dk> wrote:
>
> I'm running Xubuntu Edgy on an old PC with a 450MHz
> Pentium II and 256 MBs of RAM.
>
> It usually performs excellently, but sometimes it goes
> into what appears to be an infinite loop.
>
> I got a typical version of this scenario this morning. I was browsing
> the Web and hat four tabs open, and as I wanted to resize a (smallish,
> 52 K) JPEG picture to upload on my blog I started up the GIMP, and then
> ... nothing happened.
>
> Or rather, it did: The hard drive  started spinning and spinning and
> making a lot of noise, and the programs became unavailable - I couldn't
> change window, couldn't bring up the Gimp to close it down, nothing was
> possible. After five minutes, I gave up and pulled the plug (the mains '
> switch).
>
> My guess as to what happened:
>
> The Gimp's startup requirements + the memory used by Firefox were >
> 256K, thus forcing Xubuntu to swap between the programs.
>
> My take as to what should have happened:
>
> I should have seen a general slowdown due to the swapping. However,
> the Gimp should not have taken so many ressources as to make Firefox
> unavailable, and vice versa.
>
> Anybody knows what may be done to avoid such situations? In my book,
> with 256 Mb of RAM I should easily be able to run Firefox and Gimp
> simultaneously.
>
> Thanks in advance for any response,
> Carsten
>
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I don't know how to solve your problem, but for situations like this it is
handy to know that the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restart the X
server, in effect taking you back to the login screen. Saves you some time
in comparison to a reboot ;-)

-- 
Vincent
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