System crashes on high mem usage Steps to reproduce Open you fav browser Open a Youtube video and 4 tabs of google docs Check system monitor for ram usage Wow. 98.8% and only 10% swap used??? Open one more tab System crash, have to reboot by holding power button
Expected result The memory is freed by swapping more files onto my swap partition Tested bug on -Opensuse Leap 15.0 -Fedora 28 -Ubuntu 18.04 -Manjaro Linux (latest version) Specs -CPU core 2 duo e6400 (usage is not high when the system crashes) -2.9 (3gb) Elpida ddr2 ram 533 MHz -Gnome 3.26 and 3.28 -Ati x1300 Gpu -3.0 gb swap partition Open a few more google docs tabs and crush my other computer with -CPU i5-520M -3.9 (4gb) Ram -Gnome 3.28 -Intel Igpu -4gb swap -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159356 Title: System freeze on high memory usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/159356/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs