Problem:
Disk thrashing (excessive disk i/o) causes decrease/loss of responsiveness in Ubuntu Gutsy.
Solution:
The thrashing was caused by the swap not being turned on properly.
The swap was not turned on because fstab had the wrong UUID.Fixed based on instructions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3704872
- type
- note the UUID of the partition that should be the swap
- edit /etc/fstab so that the UUID matches
System Details:
Compaq Presario R3000, nVidia video card, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.1
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Disk thrashing (excessive disk i/o) causes decrease/loss of responsiveness in Ubuntu Gutsy.
Solution:
The thrashing was caused by the swap not being turned on properly.
The swap was not turned on because fstab had the wrong UUID.Fixed based on instructions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3704872
- type
Code:
blkid
- edit /etc/fstab so that the UUID matches
System Details:
Compaq Presario R3000, nVidia video card, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.1
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