[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

[Gareth France]

On 07/02/13 20:51, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
>
No, it wasn't