On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 09:51:51AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Perhaps this is not the appropriate forum for this problem but the Debian > List has been an invaluable resource over the years. I happen to be a > Chemist and although I've been using computers in my work since the 1960's, > I am not a computer person, only a user. > > I am running Debian Stretch on my main computer. I have an AMDFX-8320 > Eight-Core Processor on a ASUS MSAR2.0 Moptherboard and 8GB of running > XFCE4. I an encountering a rather odd problem for which I have no > explanation. > > If I have more that three or four apps open at one time, all of the > non-active windows will pop open at random and predictable times with the > result that no one window will be useable, unless I close every app that's > open. > > This performance is rather annoying and rather disruptive. > > Any suggestions will be appreciated. > That seems very odd. Have you run memtest86+ on the system? I have a sneaking suspicion that you might be dealing with some bad memory.
My recommendation is to boot from a CD or USB, as that allows memtest86+ to perform a more thorough check. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
