[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Colin Law]

On 7 February 2013 15:55, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,
>
> Ask and ye shall receive.
> www.cliftonts.co.uk/top.png

Was it on a go slow when you took that?

Colin