Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

Hi SwaJime, you need to run 'sudo su' first and then the free sequence. Echoing the value to drop_caches requiere super user permissions. HTH 2017-11-15 19:38 GMT+01:00 SwaJime <159...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > yas, when I try that, I get "bash: /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

Hi to the new updaters, :-) I found this to happen with several instances of chrome, or with file operations over big files in combination. I've filed a bug report that was confirmed a couple of years ago: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1504914 One thing that helped me to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] Re: System freeze/restart on high memory usage

Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse:  USER PID ACCESS COMMAND  /dev/snd/controlC0: yas3625 F pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Oct 11 10:41:41 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-17 (266 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Tru

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] Re: System freeze/restart on high memory usage

4.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-65-generic 3.13.0-65.106 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-65.106-generic 3.13.11-ckt26 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-65-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] Re: System freeze/restart on high memory usage

eneric 3.13.0-65.106 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-65.106-generic 3.13.11-ckt26 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-65-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: yas3625 F pulseaudio CurrentDeskto

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] Re: System freeze/restart on high memory usage

ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-65.106-generic 3.13.11-ckt26 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-65-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: yas3625 F pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] Re: System freeze/restart on high memory usage

eneric 3.13.0-65.106 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-65.106-generic 3.13.11-ckt26 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-65-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: yas3625 F pulseaudio CurrentDeskto

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] Re: System freeze/restart on high memory usage

.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: yas3625 F pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Oct 11 10:41:41 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-17 (266 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS &quo

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

hi Christopher, filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1504914 and subscribed you as suggested to follow it up. HTH -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1504914] [NEW] System freeze/restart on high memory usage

Ubuntu 3.13.0-65.106-generic 3.13.11-ckt26 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-65-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: yas3625 F pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Oct 11 10:41:41 2015 Installati

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 159356] Re: System freeze on high memory usage

I've found this advise to be helpful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/41778/computer-freezing-on-almost-full-ram-possibly-disk-cache-problem even without swap file/partition reserving some memory through the vm.min_free_kbytes parameter help avoid the freeze. I've reproduce it opening a lot of ch