[Gllug] Laptop in a spin

[Pete Ryland]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 10:01:28AM +0000, Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:
> My laptop has an annoying habit of deciding to run v e r y   s l o w l y
> for no apparent reason.
> 
> Can you suggest some methods to investigate this? 

Perhaps you have a small amount of RAM?  When it starts swapping it will
slow down a lot but there will be no obvious rise in CPU usage.

I'd recommend using something like gkrellm and/or bubblefishymon to monitor
memory usage and CPU while you're at the machine.

Pete
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