[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Gareth France]

On 07/02/13 15:50, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 07/02/13 15:12, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 7 February 2013 14:18, Alan Pope <alan.pope at canonical.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/02/13 12:47, Gareth France wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've just had a peek and apparently it's using swap memory right now!
>>>> Memory 1.5Gb of 3.5Gb used
>>>> Swap 658.9Mb of 3.7Gb used
>>>>
>>>
>>> Using swap is not a problem. Swapping is the problem.
>>
>> It is unusual though to see half a gig in swap when less than half of
>> the RAM is is use, is it not?  For example mine has been on all day
>> and is still showing zero swap (I have 4GB RAM).  Does it not mean
>> that at some point something has been using a lot?
>>
>
> Not necessarily. It means some was _allocated_. Doesn't mean the box 
> was swapping heavily. I am not inclined to take those numbers at face 
> value. I'd rather see the first 10 lines from top pasted.
>
> Cheers,
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