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[Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Following up on myself, it appears that I don't have a swap file either
(unless I'm looking for it wrong):

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc    /proc    proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid    0    0
/dev/sda2    /    ext4    errors=remount-ro    0    1
/dev/sda1    /media/Windows    ntfs-3g    defaults,locale=en_US.utf8    0
0
/home/jzitt/Desktop/ubuntu-10.04-netbook-i386.iso
/media/isoimages/ubuntu-10.04-netbook-i386    iso9660    ro,loop    0    0


On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Looking at this, it appears that i don't have a swap partition at all. Does
> that mean that my system isn't actually swapping, or that the swap is
> handled some other way?
>
> jzitt@jzitt-ubuntu-Eee-1000P:~$ sudo fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x9f1192b6
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *           1       10444    83885056    7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2           10444       17738    58593750   83  Linux
> /dev/sda3           18150       19455    10485760   1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
> /dev/sda4           19455       19457       17760+  ef  EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
>
> Disk /dev/sdb: 2044 MB, 2044723200 bytes
> 31 heads, 30 sectors/track, 4294 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 930 * 512 = 476160 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdb1   *           1        4295     1996676+   b  W95 FAT32
>
> Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xc680f370
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdc1               1       60801   488384001    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> jzitt@jzitt-ubuntu-Eee-1000P:~$
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:01 AM, David Steele <
> daves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like it is thrashing swap. Can you run 'top' somewhere to monitor
>> for memory hogs? ( 'M' to sort by memory usage)
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Following up, a month later:
>>>
>>> Well, it looks like I've figured out all these problems -- except the
>>> most vexing one. Printing, the external monitor, the keyboard, all do what I
>>> expect them to, on my Asus Eee 1001P running Ubuntu 10.10.
>>>
>>> The system still will go into a state in which the disk sounds like it's
>>> thrashing endlessly and the interface freezes. I can sometimes nudge the
>>> mouse pointer a little, but that's it. The only thing to do is to forcibly
>>> power down. This has been happening, pretty much consistently, after it's
>>> been up for an hour or two, when I've gone a little while without using the
>>> keyboard or mouse. This happens both when I'm running the Netbook edition
>>> with the Unity interface and the Desktop edition with the Gnome interface.
>>> It does not happen when I run Windows 7 on the same hardware.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, this happens consistently enough that I end up running
>>> Windows most of the time. Since I prefer Linux and am more comfortable with
>>> it, I would like to run Ubuntu on the system as my default, only hopping
>>> over to Windows for specific tasks (such as managing my iPhone, which I
>>> would leave to my PowerPC Mac running OS X Panther, except that, like a lot
>>> of people, I can't get it to talk to my 2WIRE DSL connection effectively).
>>>
>>> Searching the web, I haven't found other instances of the problem with
>>> Ubuntu freezing up, but I may not be searching on the right terms.
>>>
>>> Might this added info point to a solution?
>>>
>>>  On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> First, my apologies for posting outside the key topics of politics or
>>>> dentistry.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition with the Unity interface on an
>>>> Asus Eee 1001P. [0]
>>>>
>>>> The system has some quirks, such as starting with the keyboard NumLocked
>>>> (which led me to think that i couldn't log in at all until I realized it)
>>>> and not supporting an external monitor well.
>>>>
>>>> It also sometime grinds effectively to a halt. I hear it continuously
>>>> accessing the hard drive, but can't do anything. This sometimes happens when
>>>> I revive it by pressing a key after it's been idle for several hours, but
>>>> also see it in some other less well-defined circumstances. (One thing I
>>>> found was that opening the Files and Folders screen, so I don't use that
>>>> anymore, sticking with Gnome Commander.) When this happens, all I can do is
>>>> forcibly power down then power it back up.
>>>>
>>>> I seem to remember there being scripts, and possibly even software
>>>> packages, that straightened this stuff out, but I'm not seeing them anymore.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I hated the Unity interface when I first experienced it, but have
>>>> grown to like it. With the help of Gnome Do, a bunch of Firefox plugins,
>>>> Dropbox, and a few other tools, this is a surprisingly useful little PC.
>>>>
>>>> So... does anyone have any pointers on getting 10.10 to work better on
>>>> this Eee?
>>>>
>>>> [0] http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=5AH8HAdGuhiQIXgg
>>>>  --
>>>> Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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