Random freezes in (X)Ubuntu 18.04 caused by filled up RAM
I have a problem with random freezes in (X)ubuntu 18.04(.1) under Kernel 4.19.0 and 4.19.4.
When I check 'top' during freeze episodes, I can see that all my RAM and SWAP is slowly beeing consumed by mandb. These freezes occur usually during the first 30 minutes the system has booted - and last for about 5 minutes (until all RAM and SWAP has been consumed).
I started investigating and found out that I can trigger a freeze with any sudo apt install would lead to that behavior. The step 'processing triggers for man-dB (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) see screenshot.
Here is the output of ' inxi -F && dmesg | grep -i error'
I searched for "mandb RAM problems in 18.04" and found one thread were a VPN client caused an issue in man-db 2.8.3 - I dont use VPN.
So far I tried:
- updating the Kernel -> same problem
- completely reinstalled the system with Xubuntu 18.04.1 (first I had an upgrade from 16.04 running)
At first, it seemed that the re-installation of the system solved the problem. I was able to install via apt without hick-ups and no more freezes. However, yesterday (one week later) the error starts again.
My main questions are:
- how can I get rid of this?
- Am I the only one with this problem? If so, is it a hardware problem?
- Might it be related to a tool I have installed?
18.04 xubuntu freeze ram manpage
asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
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I have a problem with random freezes in (X)ubuntu 18.04(.1) under Kernel 4.19.0 and 4.19.4.
When I check 'top' during freeze episodes, I can see that all my RAM and SWAP is slowly beeing consumed by mandb. These freezes occur usually during the first 30 minutes the system has booted - and last for about 5 minutes (until all RAM and SWAP has been consumed).
I started investigating and found out that I can trigger a freeze with any sudo apt install would lead to that behavior. The step 'processing triggers for man-dB (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) see screenshot.
Here is the output of ' inxi -F && dmesg | grep -i error'
I searched for "mandb RAM problems in 18.04" and found one thread were a VPN client caused an issue in man-db 2.8.3 - I dont use VPN.
So far I tried:
- updating the Kernel -> same problem
- completely reinstalled the system with Xubuntu 18.04.1 (first I had an upgrade from 16.04 running)
At first, it seemed that the re-installation of the system solved the problem. I was able to install via apt without hick-ups and no more freezes. However, yesterday (one week later) the error starts again.
My main questions are:
- how can I get rid of this?
- Am I the only one with this problem? If so, is it a hardware problem?
- Might it be related to a tool I have installed?
18.04 xubuntu freeze ram manpage
asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
61
add a comment |
I have a problem with random freezes in (X)ubuntu 18.04(.1) under Kernel 4.19.0 and 4.19.4.
When I check 'top' during freeze episodes, I can see that all my RAM and SWAP is slowly beeing consumed by mandb. These freezes occur usually during the first 30 minutes the system has booted - and last for about 5 minutes (until all RAM and SWAP has been consumed).
I started investigating and found out that I can trigger a freeze with any sudo apt install would lead to that behavior. The step 'processing triggers for man-dB (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) see screenshot.
Here is the output of ' inxi -F && dmesg | grep -i error'
I searched for "mandb RAM problems in 18.04" and found one thread were a VPN client caused an issue in man-db 2.8.3 - I dont use VPN.
So far I tried:
- updating the Kernel -> same problem
- completely reinstalled the system with Xubuntu 18.04.1 (first I had an upgrade from 16.04 running)
At first, it seemed that the re-installation of the system solved the problem. I was able to install via apt without hick-ups and no more freezes. However, yesterday (one week later) the error starts again.
My main questions are:
- how can I get rid of this?
- Am I the only one with this problem? If so, is it a hardware problem?
- Might it be related to a tool I have installed?
18.04 xubuntu freeze ram manpage
asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
61
I have a problem with random freezes in (X)ubuntu 18.04(.1) under Kernel 4.19.0 and 4.19.4.
When I check 'top' during freeze episodes, I can see that all my RAM and SWAP is slowly beeing consumed by mandb. These freezes occur usually during the first 30 minutes the system has booted - and last for about 5 minutes (until all RAM and SWAP has been consumed).
I started investigating and found out that I can trigger a freeze with any sudo apt install would lead to that behavior. The step 'processing triggers for man-dB (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) see screenshot.
Here is the output of ' inxi -F && dmesg | grep -i error'
I searched for "mandb RAM problems in 18.04" and found one thread were a VPN client caused an issue in man-db 2.8.3 - I dont use VPN.
So far I tried:
- updating the Kernel -> same problem
- completely reinstalled the system with Xubuntu 18.04.1 (first I had an upgrade from 16.04 running)
At first, it seemed that the re-installation of the system solved the problem. I was able to install via apt without hick-ups and no more freezes. However, yesterday (one week later) the error starts again.
My main questions are:
- how can I get rid of this?
- Am I the only one with this problem? If so, is it a hardware problem?
- Might it be related to a tool I have installed?
18.04 xubuntu freeze ram manpage
18.04 xubuntu freeze ram manpage
asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
61
asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
61
asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
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asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
MathiasMathias
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asked Dec 7 '18 at 14:30
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