On 12/01/2005 12:13 PM, James Caldow wrote: > Hi All, > > I am running Debian Sarge on my work PC and over the past couple of weeks I > have > noticed it getting slower and slower. The PC had been running very well for > months previously using both Sarge and Sid. > It is by no means a high spec computer, (Athlon 900MHz, 512Mb PC133 SDRAM, > 80Gb > Hard Drive, ATI Radeon 9250 128Mb Graphics Card), but as I say it has been > running well for months now. > The problems begin as soon as I am logged into the system. The cursor will > move > very, very slowly, if at all. If I manage to open an application there is a > good > chance it will lock-up the computer completely. If not, I have to either use > extreme patience and SLOWLY drag the cursor to the quit button, (which can > take > many minutes) or use ALT+F4. The slowdowns and lock-ups appear completely > random > and I can go for hours or sometimes days without any occurring, though I spent > three days last week when the PC was completely unusable due to the slowness. > I suspect it may have more to do with Hardware than the OS as I have also run > Knoppix on it out of curiosity. It was equally slow. > If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I would be very grateful. > > James Caldow
While I'm no expert, some questions come to mind... It's your "work PC." - Could someone have changed some hardware or bios settings? - You're not running debian on a virtual machine? - Have you had a thorough look at all logs in /var/log/? It's amazing how helpful some of that detail can be. :) - Did you install, upgrade or change anything that may have precipitated the problem? - If you kill all your X sessions, does the system operate normally from a console? - Can you ssh into the machine from another box when the slow-down hits to have a look-see? This has solved problems for me several times. Good luck! Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
