[plug] Weird system pause - please help!

[Leon Wright]

There is:

irc.plug.org.au #plug

Leon

--
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'

# cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!


On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:

> Which weirdly is the Philadelphia Linux Users Group ;-)
>
> I'm there anyway, I'm sure they won't mind ;-)
>
> Ping me, owh
>
>
> On 23 May 2014 14:26, Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I'm on IRC in #plug. (freenode)
>>
>>
>> On 23 May 2014 14:23, Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Any messages in dmesg or syslog?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 May 2014 14:05, Marcus Holmes <mh at marcusholmes.biz> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Using Debian XFCE, I've suddenly got a strange erratic system hang in
>>>> the last week or so.
>>>>
>>>> I've done some sleuthing, and this bit of my .bashrc:
>>>> HISTSIZE=1000
>>>> HISTFILESIZE=2000
>>>> causes a 20-25 second delay in the execution of .bashrc, during which
>>>> every other process running also pauses.
>>>>
>>>> There's also the same delay at the end of the .bashrc execution and
>>>> before the terminal prompt appears. Renaming .bashrc doesn't affect the
>>>> delay before the prompt appears.
>>>>
>>>> Attempting to open a file manager on my home folder also causes this
>>>> delay (but not if it opens on any other folder, but opening a terminal in
>>>> another folder still causes the delay).
>>>>
>>>> Attempting to google the problem only takes me to endless tutorials on
>>>> how to set a delay in bash.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got any ideas?
>>>> My gut is telling me that there's a problem with my home folder that's
>>>> causing the disk driver to spin/timeout, but I don't know how to verify
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>>
>>>> Marcus
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Onno Benschop
>>>
>>> ()/)/)()        ..ASCII for Onno..
>>> |>>?            ..EBCDIC for Onno..
>>> --- -. -. ---   ..Morse for Onno..
>>>
>>> ITmaze   -   ABN: 56 178 057 063   -  ph: 04 1219 8888   -
>>> onno at itmaze.com.au
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Onno Benschop
>>
>> ()/)/)()        ..ASCII for Onno..
>> |>>?            ..EBCDIC for Onno..
>> --- -. -. ---   ..Morse for Onno..
>>
>> ITmaze   -   ABN: 56 178 057 063   -  ph: 04 1219 8888   -
>> onno at itmaze.com.au
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Onno Benschop
>
> ()/)/)()        ..ASCII for Onno..
> |>>?            ..EBCDIC for Onno..
> --- -. -. ---   ..Morse for Onno..
>
> ITmaze   -   ABN: 56 178 057 063   -  ph: 04 1219 8888   -
> onno at itmaze.com.au
>
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