[xubuntu-users] long delay on operations

[Guang Chao]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 9:49 PM Victor Forberger <vforberger at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> On 09/21/2018 07:24 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> > xubuntu 18.04  I am experiencing long delays, some over 1 minute to open
> > a file, search for a web page, like g??g??.com)
> >
> > I ran htop and found several mysql programs running taking 15% of the
> > memory.
> >
> > I was unable to kill them.  No errors shown.
> >
> > I am not running mysql as far as I know.
> >
> >
> > What's up?
>

Can you check if you are already hitting memory page swapping to disk?
Also, can you try and check how much disk space you have left?



> >
> > john
> >
> >
>
> John,
>
> The mysql stuff is probably running because of something else -- a
> server of some kind or a search tool. For instance, owncloud clients and
> servers depend on mysql.
>
> mysql almost always runs as a special user of some kind, so you will
> need to use sudo kill PROCESS_NUMBER to properly kill any instances of it.
>
> Try looking at your log files in /var/log to see how software is
> starting up on your computer.
>
> Also, look at your /etc/sysctl* and systemd files and directories for
> any additions that reference database-type programs.
>
> modules-load.d and modprobe.d inside /etc may also have strange additions.
>
> Obviously, be extremely cautious about changing anything in these
> directories (web search the hell out of any questions you have and
> backup anything you change so that you can restore from a terminal if
> things go haywire). You can easily screw your computer over by fussing
> around in these directories.
>
> - Victor
>
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