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On 170219-13:53+0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> sometime I have some memory hungry ebuilds in the background, when I |
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Ebuilds are just text files, they don't run in the background... |
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> start (e.g.) Chromium which needs very much memory if you have a lot of |
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> open tabs. |
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( Chromium is the most privacy-invading browser ever. It's a spyware, I |
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could never use it, but forget about that, it's not what this topic is |
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about... ) |
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> In that case my system nearly freezes. I cannot even kill chrome. |
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> What can I do in that case. (Remote login doesn't work either) |
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Try Ctrl+Alt+Fx |
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where x is one of F1 ... F6 |
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and then issue: |
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# killa chromium |
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> Can I have any additional program (like Chromium) die if there is not |
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> enough memory. |
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> Many thanks for a hint, |
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> Helmut |
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This could be a hardware, not a software issue. Also, not sure, but |
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looks like, not a memory issue, but a CPU issue. |
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It's likely the CPU triggers the BIOS to shut down because CPU gets too |
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hot, but because it is not properly implemented, what happens is even |
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worse than doing nothing, and that is: the system freezes, but the CPU |
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keeps running... Bad! |
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How warm does you machine, try to touch it in the back, or under, if |
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it's a laptop, where ther CPU is? |
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It reminds me of what I had. My systems, that had only the original, |
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run-of-the-mill coolers on the CPUs (I bought a few of same model MBO, |
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so i can clone my systems)... The usual 80mm coolers. |
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As soon as I replaced them with 120mm coolers, no issues any more. |
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Regards! |
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Miroslav Rovis |
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Zagreb, Croatia |
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https://www.CroatiaFidelis.hr |
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