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From: Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@××××××××××××××.br>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop weirdness
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:22:09
Message-Id: 3b5772b30712190614tab9799es7b8bb8469fdcc4df@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Laptop weirdness by Wayn0
1 Have it started doing that after anyh particular installation or right after
2 the base system was installed? Seems to me that it is a leak of resources
3 (memory). Have you tried checking /var/log/messages or
4 /var/log/kernel/current ?
5
6 Regards,
7
8 Saffi
9
10 On 12/19/07, Wayn0 <wayn0.ml@×××××.com> wrote:
11 >
12 > Hi Guys/Girls,
13 >
14 > I have gentoo running on a few machines and recently bumped into a
15 > strange issue, with one of my laptops.
16 >
17 > I have an Acer travelmate laptop that until about a few ago was running
18 > the factory installed Windows XP with no problem. I installed gentoo on
19 > it all went smoothly (done this a few times) and every done everything I
20 > usually do.
21 >
22 > However when running the laptop (X or Console) it's very unresponsive.
23 > I will type a command and the text will slowly start appearing on the
24 > screen about a second or two later. In X the Gnome UI will lock up
25 > completely for seconds/mins. Obviously this is far worse when doing a
26 > sync or a merge.
27 >
28 > I have not had much time to dedicate to this machine and it's been like
29 > that for some time now :-( I would appreciate any suggestions.
30 >
31 > Things I have tried include building a completely new kernel (new
32 > version, new config) and rebuilding the entire system.
33 >
34 > Thanx,
35 >
36 > Wayn0
37 > --
38 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
39 >
40 >
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42
43 --
44 *Ricardo Saffi Marques*
45 Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas (LAS/IC)
46 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
47 *Cell:* +55 (19) 8128-0435
48 *Skype:* ricardo_saffi_marques
49 *Website:* *http://www.rsaffi.com*

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Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop weirdness Wayn0 <wayn0.ml@×××××.com>