Hi, Here is a simple shell script that will monitor you system's activities into two log files, vmstat.log and top.log. It will by default run for 600 seconds, but one can specify the number of seconds to run for if required. This can possible help you track down the rogue memory hogger.
vmstat.log will show you the general overview of system activity. top.log will show per-process activity #!/bin/sh vmstat 1 > vmstat.log & vmstatpid=$! top -b -d 1 > top.log & toppid=$! if [ x$1 = x ] then secs=600 else secs=$1 fi sleep $secs echo $vmstatpid $toppid kill -KILL $vmstatpid kill -KILL $toppid -- Thrashing hell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/27441 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs