machine load extreme peaking for short periods....mouse not moving etc.

[Rashkae]

On 01/15/2013 03:30 PM, Peter Teuben wrote:

>
> I figured my new i7 based 4GB memory SSD on / based laptop would make
> this history.   I can't
> believe this is still happening. Admittedly, 4GB on a 64bit machine is
> theoretically
> not much better than 2GB on a 32bit machine, but this is really crazy
> that I have
> to wait for the mouse to respond again for good fraction of a minute.
> What is going on here,
> is this is problem others have seen as well?
>
> peter
>

Others have already mentioned that 4GB is plenty for most normal use cases.

What hardware did you keep from your old system to the new upgrade?

After one of the PC fits, check the output of dmesg.

Also, can you post here the output of 'free' and 'cat /proc/meminfo'