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[Bug 886500] Re: Sluggish performance after 70% of memory is in use

 

abeep, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com
/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
the development release from a Terminal
(Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's
Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your
understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.45

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Sluggish performance after 70% of memory is in use

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am using ubuntu 10.10 ( 2.6.36-020636-generic) on my lenovo-410 64-bit laptop, having 8gb of ram. the system works absolutely fine, the performance is good, but when the memory reaches to around 5gb then the system performance is sluggish, I know Its basically because of the paging of memory which is causing this,
  i had set cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness to 0 . so i tried to disable swapping by setting swapoff, in this case it did not write paged memory to swap file but the result was even worse, i.e. when 5gb memory was used the system just got stuck, and the HDisk light was continuously blinking.
  So is there any setting which could resolve the issue and avoid paging, as my laptop has ample amount of RAM. It would be of great help if someone has solution for the same
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Tags: maverick
  Uname: Linux 2.6.36-020636-generic x86_64
  UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  --- 
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  apatil     2415 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf2420000 irq 47'
     Mixer name	: 'Conexant CX20585'
     Components	: 'HDA:14f15069,17aa214c,00100302 HDA:14f12c06,17aa2122,00100000'
     Controls      : 6
     Simple ctrls  : 4
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xcdefc000 irq 17'
     Mixer name	: 'Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP'
     Components	: 'HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100200'
     Controls      : 16
     Simple ctrls  : 4
  Card29.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 6IHT38WW-1.13'
     Mixer name	: 'ThinkPad EC 6IHT38WW-1.13'
     Components	: ''
     Controls      : 1
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card29.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'Console',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d31e49c7-fbaa-46a5-914a-a09548550f0f
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  MachineType: LENOVO 2522K4Q
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-30-generic root=UUID=b3d94b7c-a39f-4e33-8f4e-94151c609d03 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.61-generic 2.6.35.13
  Regression: No
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38.6
  Reproducible: Yes
  Tags: maverick kernel-config needs-upstream-testing
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic x86_64
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 6IET74WW (1.34 )
  dmi.board.name: 2522K4Q
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET74WW(1.34):bd10/25/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2522K4Q:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2522K4Q:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 2522K4Q
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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