Again sorry for that "reply issue". Yea I think the same. I will first of all try to upgrade the memory capacity. I will also have a look at finnix.
Thanks! ^^ J Arun Mani -------- Original Message -------- On 2:21AM, Oct 13, 2019, Charles Curley wrote: > Please reply to the list, probably "Reply All". That way the > conversation will benefit others. > > On Sat, 12 Oct [2019 15](tel:201915):49:00 +0000 > "J.Arun Mani" <j.arunm...@protonmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for your reply. > >> Sorry to have not mentioned the required info. I have AMD Radeon and >> a RAM of 2 GB (yep its an old lappy). I installed this distro two >> months ago. I had previously been using Linux Mint for about two >> years. > > Oh. Had I seen the 2 GB, my first advice would have been to double your > memory. I have three laptops, and all have 4 GB or more. I have two VMs > that I use for nothing but browsing one particular site, and they are 3+ > GB each. > > I still suspect that something else is wrong, e.g. something spawning > that shouldn't be. But adding the memory will help performance long > term, and will probably help catch whatever is going on. > >> I was able to drop to a TTY but haven't tried anything spectacular as >> it too was laggy and as it was hard to say when my command is running >> and when there is a prompt waiting for me to type... but let me try >> it again. >> >> So I need to install memtest and run it... okay let me do it.. > > You should also use it to test new memory. > > You may also find it easier to burn a CD with a live CD that has > memtest on it. I recommend finnix because it is command line only, > which, should you ever need to run the live CD Linux, may help avoid > your memory problem. > >> >> J Arun Mani > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/
