Re: System locks up while moving file

2017-07-17 Thread John Elliot V
On 25/06/17 20:13, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > You might try to play around with ionice. Something along the lines of > > ionice -c 3 mv /this/path /that/path Thanks. I gave that a try. Didn't seem to help much. But... On 25/06/17 20:19, Reco wrote: > A known problem aka Linux 12309 bug. > > Tr

Re: System locks up while moving file

2017-06-25 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:54:17 +1000 John Elliot V wrote: > There seems to be plenty of RAM available, and plenty of CPU. So must be > some I/O thing..? Anyway, I'm a bit stumped. I haven't tried running the > mv command with nice, because it doesn't seem to be a CPU thing... but > may

Re: System locks up while moving file

2017-06-25 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 07:54:17PM +1000, John Elliot V wrote: > Hey there. Maybe someone can help me with this. > > I'm running Debian 9.0 (stretch). I have a few scripts which > periodically create and then move a file from my 1TB M.2 drive to a MD

System locks up while moving file

2017-06-25 Thread John Elliot V
Hey there. Maybe someone can help me with this. I'm running Debian 9.0 (stretch). I have a few scripts which periodically create and then move a file from my 1TB M.2 drive to a MD RAID1 device comprised of 2x 6TB Seagate IronWolf drives. Full details are here [1]. My disks look something like thi

Re: System locks

2012-02-05 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/04/2012 10:35 PM, lina wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gilbert Sullivan > wrote: >> Hi, Lina. >> >> Xfce occasionally corrupts its settings for an individual user. I and >> others have found that this is more likely to happen immediately after >> applying updates, of which there

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-05 Thread Dougie Nisbet
On 05/02/2012 02:43, Walter Hurry wrote: On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: How could set the taskbar back, for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? If you think losing the task bar is a 'major disast

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-05 Thread John Hasler
lina writes: > It's so hard to let me think of "give up". Don't take him seriously. He's just had a bad day or something. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-05 Thread lina
On Sunday 05,February,2012 04:19 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 15:24 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 05/02/12 15:08, lina wrote: On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: Whoa! Back up. I did *not* write *any* of those things. :D Lina, that was really misera

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 15:24 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 05/02/12 15:08, lina wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson > > wrote: > > Whoa! Back up. > > I did *not* write *any* of those things. :D Lina, that was really miserable "quoting". Btw. I guess a lot of people do

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > For Xfce run xfce-panel to get the panel back. It is actually "xfce4-panel" these days. You can launch it manually from Alt-F2 which brings up a run dialog and typing in xfce4-panel. For some reason it sometimes dies in some environments (one I take care of) and needs to be

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 02:43 +, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: >> >> > How could set the taskbar back, >> > >> > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. >> >> Do you *ever* manage to do

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 05:36 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 02:43 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > > > > > How could set the taskbar back, > > > > > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > > > Do you *ever* m

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 02:43 +, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > > > How could set the taskbar back, > > > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? > > It might be a goo

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread doug
On 02/04/2012 10:45 PM, John Hasler wrote: Walter Hurry writes: It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving instead. It might be a good idea for you to find a way to express your hostility and aggression that does not involve insulting people. Amen! --doug -- To UNSUB

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/02/12 15:08, lina wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: Whoa! Back up. I did *not* write *any* of those things. I use larger nails and a much bigger hammer (I have my pride ya'know) If you're going to selectively chop attributions out of a post - chop out *all

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM, lina wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 05/02/12 13:43, Walter Hurry wrote: >>> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: >>> How could set the taskbar back, for everything. I used to have the taskbar at th

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 05/02/12 13:43, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: >> >>> How could set the taskbar back, >>> >>> for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. >> >> Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* witho

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 05/02/12 13:43, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > >> How could set the taskbar back, >> >> for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? > > It might be a good idea to give up Li

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Walter Hurry writes: > It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving > instead. It might be a good idea for you to find a way to express your hostility and aggression that does not involve insulting people. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 02/04/2012 11:02 AM, lina wrote: >> >> >> Thanks, it's fixed >> after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session >> and remove some file in .config >> >> I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and >> xfce4-session, >>

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > >> How could set the taskbar back, >> >> for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. > > Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? > > It might be a good idea t

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:16 +0800, lina wrote: > How could set the taskbar back, > > for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. Do you *ever* manage to do *anything* without a major disaster? It might be a good idea to give up Linux and take up basket weaving instead. It clearly d

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Weaver
> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:13 +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean bars. After reboot twice, I can input. but the cursor still an empty rectangle. before

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/04/2012 11:02 AM, lina wrote: > > > Thanks, it's fixed > after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session > and remove some file in .config > > I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and > xfce4-session, > > it came back again. > > All your suggestions are highly apprec

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:13 +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: > For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean bars. After reboot twice, I can input. but the curso

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:13 +0800, lina wrote: > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Camaleón wrote: >>> For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean >>> bars. >>> >>> After reboot twice, I can input. but the cursor still an empty >>> rectangle. >>> >>> before I did not ch

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
Thanks, it's fixed after aptitude purge xfce4 xfce4-session and remove some file in .config I guess there is still remainings, cause once I re-install xfce4 and xfce4-session, it came back again. All your suggestions are highly appreciated, Best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
> before I did not change anything. > > Create a new user and login with it to see what happens. You are amazing. I creat a new user, everything looks so good. I choose to use default panel configuration. Do I need copy somefile from newuser to lina? > >>> When the system

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
t; > For everything the top taskbar was gone. Everything started with mean > bars. > > After reboot twice, I can input. but the cursor still an empty > rectangle. > > before I did not change anything. Create a new user and login with it to see what happens. >> When the

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Dougie Nisbet
On 04/02/2012 14:18, lina wrote: I un-install and re-install the xfce4 not work. which are the possible way I can do to drag task bar a bit down. If you mean, drag the toolbar from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen, I don't think it's possible. Or if it is possible, it's not

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
I un-install and re-install the xfce4 not work. which are the possible way I can do to drag task bar a bit down. Thanks, On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 9:26 PM, lina wrote: > On Saturday 04,February,2012 09:11 PM, lina wrote: >> >> How could set the taskbar back, >> > > is it relevant to the xfce4-pane

Re: the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
On Saturday 04,February,2012 09:11 PM, lina wrote: How could set the taskbar back, is it relevant to the xfce4-panel? $ dpkg --get-selections | grep panel gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 install gnome-panel-datainstall libpanel-applet-4-0

the disappear of taskbar ( was: system locks, was was: something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread lina
How could set the taskbar back, for everything. I used to have the taskbar at the top. Thanks for suggestions, best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.d

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
x27;t clink the small, enlarge or shutdown button Neither can move it. Same for the terminal. (...) When the system locks, try to login from ssh and see what happens. If you can login normally, it can be X that crashes. Also, review the logs for any insightful errors. This looks like two e

Re: System locks

2012-02-04 Thread lina
minal. (...) When the system locks, try to login from ssh and see what happens. If you can login normally, it can be X that crashes. My Desktop a bit crashed due to last time update, it's unstable version. I have not tried to figure out what was going on, just put it aside for a while. so now I can

Re: System locks (was: Something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Weaver
d over screen. I can't clink the small, enlarge or >> shutdown button >> >> Neither can move it. Same for the terminal. > > (...) > > When the system locks, try to login from ssh and see what happens. If you > can login normally, it can be X that crashes. > > Als

System locks (was: Something weird)

2012-02-04 Thread Camaleón
ge or > shutdown button > > Neither can move it. Same for the terminal. (...) When the system locks, try to login from ssh and see what happens. If you can login normally, it can be X that crashes. Also, review the logs for any insightful errors. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBS

Re: Fwd: Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
> > > > [...] > > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion to establish ssh connection. That > > > yields > > > > the following further information on the problem. > > > > When the system "locks up", top shows XFree86 running

Re: Fwd: Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
t; > yields > > > the following further information on the problem. > > > When the system "locks up", top shows XFree86 running 100% CPU > > Usage. > > > Killing that process frees up the screen, and it goes back to > > the > > > KDM login

Fwd: Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-24 Thread Ross Drinen
--- Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:22:46 +0200 > From: Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 05:

Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 05:32:58 -0700, Ross Drinen wrote: [...] > Thanks for the suggestion to establish ssh connection. That yields > the following further information on the problem. > When the system "locks up", top shows XFree86 running 100% CPU Usage. > Killing tha

Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-24 Thread Ross Drinen
, but see none. I'm at the point of reinstalling > the > > operating system from scratch, then staying away from kdevelop. > > My gut feeling is that kdevelop is not really the cause of your > problem. > Hopefully one of the things I have suggested above will turn up >

Re: System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-20 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 07:55:01 -0700, Ross Drinen wrote: > I installed debian/gnu linux for the first time a couple of months > ago for the first time. (I had been a redhat user formerly. I got > kde, apache2, ftp server, mail etc working and all was well. Then I > decided to install kdevelop a

System Locks up after kdevelop install

2006-04-20 Thread Ross Drinen
I installed debian/gnu linux for the first time a couple of months ago for the first time. (I had been a redhat user formerly. I got kde, apache2, ftp server, mail etc working and all was well. Then I decided to install kdevelop and its recommended packages. After that, the system started lockin

system locks (p4, i845 chipset, kernel 2.4.21)

2003-06-30 Thread Joe Paxton
Installed Debian on a P4 (1.6GHz) with 128MB RAM, Intel i845 chipset, Intel eepro 100 ethernet card, nVidia GeForce2 MX video card, onboard Intel i8*0 audio. Set aside ~500MB swap. After I get everything installed and updated to 'testing' (and I've done this several times), the system inevitably

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-14 Thread Mark Seven Smith
On Friday 11 January 2002 04:58 pm, Adam Majer wrote: > > To DL files if you know URL, use wget Whoa! I LOVE wget! Thanks! And thanks everyone, for the great suggestions. I appreciate it. --Mark Seven [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Soon to be: [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-11 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:18:21PM -0800, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > Adam wrote: > > > BTW, what release are you installing? stable? testing? > > I installed "Woody" at the advice of the list, previously; > since it was possible that the console problem had been > fixed. I've heard on the Red H

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 WordStar sure was the best. Banged out many a term paper on a KayPro II... Some free advice: - - links is better than lynx. Supports frames. - - The big thing I like GUIs for is for xterms. Have as many open on your screen at once, resize them,

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-11 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Adam wrote: > BTW, what release are you installing? stable? testing? I installed "Woody" at the advice of the list, previously; since it was possible that the console problem had been fixed. I've heard on the Red Hat list, people that said they would rather be using Debian, but that their vid

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-10 Thread Brian Nelson
Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Heh. > > I've been offline all this time; I still *CRINGE* at the > thought of what I did to my Red Hat installation, so I > won't go into it (YIKES!) but I was stuck with having to > get Debian up & running--I tried everything! But nothing > wo

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2002-01-10 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Heh. I've been offline all this time; I still *CRINGE* at the thought of what I did to my Red Hat installation, so I won't go into it (YIKES!) but I was stuck with having to get Debian up & running--I tried everything! But nothing worked. So, I put in an old Cirrus Logic card, with a whole

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-14 Thread Kent West
Mark Seven Smith wrote: Set up a small (50 - 75MB) partition on hda1 with an MS-DOS fdisk and format and make it bootable to MS-DOS (or Win95 Command Prompt only). OMG, I have struggled *so hard* to get away from the tyranny of MICRO$OFT...WILL THE NIGHTMARE NEVER END??? ;-) Scary, ain'

Re: Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-13 Thread Kent West
Mark Seven Smith wrote: In the installation [of Potato], the install program that comes up is a simple text-based interface, with scrolling lists and such. But if I try to scroll the lists, the whole computer bombs--it just locks up. It is very strange; the keyboard wont' work, the RESET swi

Fwd: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up)

2001-12-13 Thread Mark Seven Smith
org Subject: Debian Won't Install! (System Locks Up) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:53:41 -0800 Awhile back, I purchased a book, "Learning Debian GNU/Linux", and was unable to install the version of Debian that came with the book (the CD-ROM that was included in the back of the book).

Re: HELP: system locks during boot

2000-07-26 Thread Eric G . Miller
yed is: > > Starting X font sever: xfs > > and then the system locks. Obviously a result of > what I tried to do before. I tried to log on remotely > to kill the xfs process (?) but couldn't log on. Two things might work. Crtl-C might kill the stuck puppy during boot, a

HELP: system locks during boot

2000-07-25 Thread James Polson
Hi, I have a big problem. I tried to use XF86Setup to configure my system for X-windows. Unfortunately, not only did it not work, but now the system doesn't boot properly. The last message displayed is: Starting X font sever: xfs and then the system locks. Obviously a result of what I tri

System locks on boot!

1999-03-10 Thread Corey Ralph
My system has been running Debian 2.0 fine for several weeks now, but now locks up on boot. It first happened when I was in X and was changing routing, IP addresses etc. The machine locked up solid and I had to power reset it. When it rebooted, it fixed several errors on the drive. It locked up