I noticed today that mint is slow, and had random crashes of games, browser loading slow etc. Rebooting did not help.
#Mint is slow
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It has currently stopped responding
Mouse movements are slow/laggy
System reports had nothing
lean turret
and include the full 'system information' report there,
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lean turret
ok
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i'm running clamscan
lean turret
should definitely have some swap, which you don't
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it's a fresh reboot
lean turret
from a new terminal window, run : apt list -i linux-image*
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ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ apt list -i linux-image*
Listing... Done
linux-image-6.14.0-37-generic/noble-updates,noble-security,now 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1 amd64 [installed]
linux-image-6.17.0-23-generic/noble-updates,noble-security,now 6.17.0-23.23~24.04.1 amd64 [installed]
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04/now 6.17.0-23.23~24.04.1 amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 6.17.0-29.29~24.04.1]
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
lean turret
i know, it may not be the cause of the slowness right now, but you should still have about a gig of swap file
does kernel 6.17.0-29 give you problems? I see it's not in use.
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does kernel 6.17.0-29 give you problems? I see it's not in use.
nope.
lean turret
so, it should have autobooted
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grave sleet
so, it should have autobooted
No swap data found. I think that's the problem?
i got 6 browser tabs running, it should have a swapfile now
fallen jay
You have 2 monitors listed there, is it still slow with 1 monitor?
grave sleet
You have 2 monitors listed there, is it still slow with 1 monitor?
it's only running on one
the other is off
lean turret
u dont have a swapfile. it won't magically appear on its own. but for now, why does 6.17.0-29 NOT automatically boot?
lean turret
sure
fallen jay
@lean turret 6.17.0-29 is not installed yet, but there is an update to it
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clamscan was clean
lean turret
<@725510568492138497> 6.17.0-29 is not installed yet, but there is an update ...
oh I misread the gobbly-gook result
fallen jay
the other is off
It might be "off", but it's still connected, try disconnecting it and see if there's a difference
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It might be "off", but it's still connected, try disconnecting it and see if th...
I can't
fallen jay
why?
grave sleet
my current mointer is an external mointer, the other is the laptop one
fallen jay
Does the internal one not work on it's own?
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Does the internal one not work on it's own?
it does, but the external one is bigger and has a lot more ports
and i'm pretty sure it's not a problem. I have been using it forever with mint
fallen jay
Right...... then as a test, temporarily disconnect the external monitor and see if it's still slow
grave sleet
currently it's working normally. After some time, it slows down
lean turret
did you recently nuke the swapfile?
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did you recently nuke the swapfile?
nope
lean turret
well try making one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8u5CabMz1I << by BTNHD, 5 minute video on how to make a SWAP FILE
1 GB ought to be plenty
fallen jay
Maybe you already have one, what does
ls -l /swap*
say?
grave sleet
Maybe you already have one, what does
`ls -l /swap*`
say?
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 14Gi 5.8Gi 1.4Gi 192Mi 8.1Gi 9.1Gi
Swap: 0B 0B 0B
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ ls -l /swap*
-rw------- 1 root root 21474836480 May 6 17:21 /swapfile
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
lean turret
according to sys report, shows nothing
and that confirms it
when did the slowness begin appearing?
fallen jay
the file is there, just not active. what does
cat /etc/fstab
say?
grave sleet
when did the slowness begin appearing?
i'd say about 5 hours ago
lean turret
not at all yesterday?
grave sleet
the file is there, just not active. what does
`cat /etc/fstab`
say?
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ cat /etc/fstab
/etc/fstab: static file system information.
Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
<file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/ was on /dev/nvme0n1p5 during installation
UUID=37b24a90-842e-47e2-a788-79de1fc1c3e0 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/boot/efi was on /dev/nvme0n1p1 during installation
UUID=DEEF-6CEF /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
/dev/disk/by-uuid/5b48731f-c623-48fc-9f7f-9df82c1f75bb /mnt/drivem ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
/mnt/drivem/home /home none bind 0 0
/mnt/drivem/opt /opt none bind 0 0
/mnt/drivem/srv /srv none bind 0 0
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
fallen jay
what does
sudo swapon /swapfile ; free -h
say?
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ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ sudo xed /etc/fstab
[sudo] password for ar-kp:
** (xed:10185): WARNING **: 19:58:36.057: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::xed-position not supported
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
File contents
/etc/fstab: static file system information.
Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
<file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/ was on /dev/nvme0n1p5 during installation
UUID=37b24a90-842e-47e2-a788-79de1fc1c3e0 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/boot/efi was on /dev/nvme0n1p1 during installation
UUID=DEEF-6CEF /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
/dev/disk/by-uuid/5b48731f-c623-48fc-9f7f-9df82c1f75bb /mnt/drivem ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
/mnt/drivem/home /home none bind 0 0
/mnt/drivem/opt /opt none bind 0 0
/mnt/drivem/srv /srv none bind 0 0
grave sleet
what does
`sudo swapon /swapfile ; free -h`
say?
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ sudo swapon /swapfile ; free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 14Gi 6.1Gi 756Mi 156Mi 8.6Gi 8.8Gi
Swap: 19Gi 0B 19Gi
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
it exists
lean turret
19 greakin gigs WTF
fallen jay
19 gigs?...
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Yes, I suspend a bit
grave sleet
what a waste of SPACE!
it works for me. I got 1 tb
grave sleet
sooo should I reduce it?
lean turret
unless u hacked it hard to have hibernate
for now show this please:
cat /proc/swaps
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ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/swapfile file 20971516 526076 -2
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
grave sleet
again, i'm confused
lean turret
free -h showed 19 gigs available for swap
lean turret
three dfferent numbers entirely
open disks app please
show its whole window with ur system drive chosen
lean turret
where the fk is it loading swap from?
fallen jay
Dual booting? Is fast startup off in windows?
lean turret
cat /proc/swaps again
grave sleet
Dual booting? Is fast startup off in windows?
yes, I set priority to linux via bios
lean turret
not a bios thing
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ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/swapfile file 20971516 642028 -2
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
grave sleet
not a bios thing
there was an option for boot priority
lean turret
#1193345280733622272 message << Link to Turning off Fast Startup, and the dual-boot reference videos.
that's HOW UR SUPPOSED TO DO IT
lean turret
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size ...
oh i read this wrong initially!!! mb
it's 20 gigs, not the default 2 GIGS
grave sleet
that's HOW UR SUPPOSED TO DO IT
is there something wrong with the other method?
I'll reboot and send a pic of what it looks like in the bios
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fallen jay
Btw, missing line from fstab is /swapfile none swap sw 0 0
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I rarely touch windows so I just set boot priority to mint
lean turret
go to windows and follow that link exactly
.
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Fast startup was already off
lean turret
well if you're sure of that
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well if you're sure of that
i booted into windows and checked it
lean turret
#1200928716415566005 message last 6 lines of this
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These 6, right?
lean turret
last 6, i said
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did that, now?
I also dropped it's size to 4gigs
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yes
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 14Gi 3.6Gi 9.1Gi 76Mi 2.5Gi 11Gi
Swap: 4.0Gi 0B 4.0Gi
ar-kp@Desktopar:~$
