SE++, Lend me your Linux support

Moe Fwacky

So, this is probably a problem for another forum, but I'm up for a laugh today, so here's what's going on. I'm having some kind of swap-eating memory leak in Kubuntu Edgy the slowly swallows up my swap, prevents me from opening programs after so much is eaten, and at length locks up the whole system. I think the problem may be with the nvidia sound drivers i'm using with my nforce2 chipset. Any ideas SE?


Also, here's some IRC logs that led up to this, spoilered for longness

(thepassenger) so reboot?
(moe_fwacky) every 4 hours?
(thepassenger) moe: why not, you can pretend you're running win98
(thepassenger) ho ho ho snaps

(moe_fwacky) what would you recommend i try weretac0?
(@weretac0) sell your computer.. buy a camel
(@DaySleeper) you could totally install linux on a camel

(revolve) are you sure that the swap is actually "full"
(revolve) and not just allocated
(revolve) to be used whenever
(moe_fwacky) well i'm basing off my system monitor, since i can't launch anything to
(moe_fwacky) tell me otherwise
(revolve) is your computer slow?
(moe_fwacky) a little more than normal when switching desktops
(moe_fwacky) but overall it's pretty normal
(moe_fwacky) although, once it gets "past the point of no return"
(revolve) here is my expert analysis
(revolve) your computer is a decepticon
(moe_fwacky) ...
(moe_fwacky) SE++ should do tech support
(Niji) indeed.

Kuribo's Shoe

here's some linus support

Weretaco

I think the real question is what distro of camel do you install linux on

Janin

Open up Gnome System Monitor (gnome-system-monitor, open from the run dialog or terminal). Sort by "Writable Memory". When things start to chug, take a look at whatever's on top - that's probably the culprit.

Weretaco

The F1 camel is clearly the fastest distro for camel-linux.

Moe Fwacky

that would be impossible, as I'm not running Gnome

Janin

Oh, right. Well, use whatever the KDE equivilent is then. If it doesn't work for whatever reason, pop open a terminal and run 'top'. You can use the < and > keys to change the sort column to 'RES'.

Darth Waiter

Purification by fire is the only answer.

scarlet st.

Gnome > KDE

Rankenphile

anyone have any knowledge or opinions on the current or recent MythTV distros?

Moe Fwacky

Gnome looks like a pile of puke, foo

Kuribo's Shoe

you are

Stale

nuke it from orbit.



then buy a macbook pro

potatoe

go to the console and type
top
it should tell you how much swap is being used as well as facts on program memory usage

(does that work in kde?)

Darth Waiter

Stale wrote: »

nuke it from orbit.

then buy a macbook pro

Just don't get the glossy screen.

scarlet st.

Stale wrote: »

nuke it from orbit.



then buy a macbook pro

I'm gonna get a Macbook this summer, but I don't think I'll get a Pro.

Moe Fwacky

Well, it doesn't look like anything is using up nearly the amount of memory that's noted as being used. This leads me to believe that somewhere, something is not dumping the memory after it's done with it, causing a continuous buildup until there's not enough swap to do anything. Firefox, checkgmail, superkaramba and gaim are at the top of this list organized by Res. Firefox is at 45m, the others are between 15m and 19m and various processes are lower. The memory percentages only add up to about 50%, so i don't know what's up with the other 50%. That's the status, i'm about to go to work, and when I come back, this thing will have undoubtedly crashed, hopefully yielding some kind of data on the terminal screen.

SalmonOfDoubt

Moe_Fwacky wrote: »

that would be impossible, as I'm not running Gnome

That'll be your problem, right there.

potatoe

SalmonOfDoubt wrote: »

Moe_Fwacky wrote: »

that would be impossible, as I'm not running Gnome

That'll be your problem, right there.

seriously now

gnome or bust

GABBO GABBO GABBO

scarlet st. wrote: »

Shell > Gnome > KDE

Fixed.
Dickass.

GABBO GABBO GABBO

potatoe wrote: »

go to the console and type
top
it should tell you how much swap is being used as well as facts on program memory usage

(does that work in kde?)

Top is not a product of KDE or Gnome (hint:you run it from the shell), it's part of the default installation package for most every *nix distro.

potatoe

Manifest wrote: »

scarlet st. wrote: »

Shell > Gnome > KDE

Fixed.
Dickass.

gnome makes me happy
shell keeps me sane

potatoe

Manifest wrote: »

potatoe wrote: »

go to the console and type
top
it should tell you how much swap is being used as well as facts on program memory usage

(does that work in kde?)

Top is not a product of KDE or Gnome (hint:you run it from the shell), it's part of the default installation package for most every *nix distro.

i thought so...but that last note was to cover my ass in case i was being an idiot

Randall_Flagg

Can anyone recommend a cheap wireless device that works with Ubuntu? Apparently Linux doesn't have the drivers to deal with my Linksys SRX device.

MKR

ksysguard

Edit: PS:

http://ubuntuforums.org/

Moe Fwacky

Well, I solved the problem by reinstalling. Everything seems to be working fine now, even the sound. I always say you can solve almost any PC problem by reinstalling.

Starfuck

i'm thinking of switching from suse to ubuntu
but my suse box is rock solid
oh the urge for change is always great

the other day
i actually saw a bunch of guys fighting on the merits of stage 1 vs stage 3 installs of gentoo
i mean holy shit
talk about nerd fight

MiracleManS

I'm a big fan of Ubuntu, been using it for the past couple months. I like it.

GABBO GABBO GABBO

Starfuck wrote: »

i'm thinking of switching from suse to ubuntu
but my suse box is rock solid
oh the urge for change is always great

the other day
i actually saw a bunch of guys fighting on the merits of stage 1 vs stage 3 installs of gentoo
i mean holy shit
talk about nerd fight

I've been using ubuntu for development work for about a year now, and I'm at the point where I prefer it over every other distribution.
And if you ever need their support, it's fucking awesome.

Moe Fwacky

For those of you who doubt KDE, here's my current screenshot (spoilered for hugeness)

I plan on changing that penguin to the RSPD Fruit Fucker.

mastman

Darth Waiter wrote: »

Stale wrote: »

nuke it from orbit.

then buy a macbook pro

Just don't get the glossy screen.

glossy screen is the win

mastman

Moe_Fwacky wrote: »

For those of you who doubt KDE, here's my current screenshot (spoilered for hugeness)

I plan on changing that penguin to the RSPD Fruit Fucker.

it appears that your IP address is missing from your system info screen...

MKR

Starfuck wrote: »

i'm thinking of switching from suse to ubuntu
but my suse box is rock solid
oh the urge for change is always great

the other day
i actually saw a bunch of guys fighting on the merits of stage 1 vs stage 3 installs of gentoo
i mean holy shit
talk about nerd fight

Ubuntu has some awesome community support. #ubuntu and #ubuntu-offtopic (on freenode) are some of the best IRC channels ever, and the forums are like a treasure trove of accumulated beginner-guru documentation.

GABBO GABBO GABBO

MKR wrote: »

Starfuck wrote: »

i'm thinking of switching from suse to ubuntu
but my suse box is rock solid
oh the urge for change is always great

the other day
i actually saw a bunch of guys fighting on the merits of stage 1 vs stage 3 installs of gentoo
i mean holy shit
talk about nerd fight

Ubuntu has some awesome community support. #ubuntu and #ubuntu-offtopic (on freenode) are some of the best IRC channels ever, and the forums are like a treasure trove of accumulated beginner-guru documentation.

I'm also a big fan of http://linuxquestions.org. I swear that some of those dudes just sit refreshing the index all day to see who can answer you fastest. (And it's almost always good advice.)