Hi,
The problem is sometimes my PC becomes unresponsive right after I login.
>> The HDD led keeps glowing
>> Difficulty in moving the mouse pointer
The I do CTRL+ALT+F<fn1-6> & finally CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot …the reboot process takes a long time too.
After I reboot everything becomes normal again.
This doesn’t happen on every login.
How to troubleshoot this issue ?
I don’t know which log to include here.
Please reply.
Hi
It could be a startup application holding things up. If you do the ctrl+alt+F1 and login as your user, then run top to see what’s running etc. If it’s the gnome-shell, then login as root user, and run;
su -
init 3
init 5 && exit
Then press ctrl+alt+F7 (or F8) and login as your user.
Its running fine at the moment I will follow the steps you have mentioned when the problem occurs again.
I have added some apps to startup which I use daily …they include Skype, Thunderbird, Pidgin, & Opera Clock Widget.
I can’t because (a) I am already logged in to Gnome by now …I only realize this problem after I login to Gnome 2.x (Didn’t like 3 lol!) . And once it happens I can’t logout.
It happened again.
I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 & then did top but I didn’t see any application taking 100% cpu. As you know I cant copy/paste from there. What is the procedure to find out which app is causing the issue ?
On 2011-05-30 09:06, suse kid wrote:
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> @malcolmlewis
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> It happened again.
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> I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 & then did top but I didn’t see any
> application taking 100% cpu. As you know I cant copy/paste from there.
Yes, you can.
You need to start service rcgpm to copypaste with the mouse in text mode.
Or, you tell top to run for just 3 cycles and pipe the result to a file.
top -b -n 3 > top.txt
> What is the procedure to find out which app is causing the issue ?
If you do not see a busy app, it is typically a busy disk. Something is
reading or writing a lot. It is not easy to see in top, except perhaps the
percent of “wa”, or "wait"if I’m not mistaken.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
Yes, you can.
You need to start service rcgpm to copypaste with the mouse in text mode.Or, you tell top to run for just 3 cycles and pipe the result to a file.
top -b -n 3 > top.txt
I will do just that the next time I face the problem.
But where is the file ** top.txt** going to be saved ? In my home folder ?
Where ever you happen to be. It goes to the current folder unless you put a full path in the name.