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Ubuntu 14.04 sudden freezes and 100% disk usage

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2964 / 2 Years ago, thu, october 13, 2022, 7:52:15

Sometimes I just casually browse web and out of nowhere my disk is usage is 100% and everything freezes. I have 64 bits ubuntu 14.04 with all updates. My pc spec is i5 4670k, integrated GPU and 4gb of ram. My hdd is seagate 1TB (I don't recall its full name). Freezes happen a few times a day. Only running apps are: Chrome, Banshee and thunderbird. It might have something to do with flash, but I'm not 100% sure.

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answered 2 Years ago eving · Accepted Answer

It looks like your physical RAM is getting full and the system starts to use the Swap. Programmes like Chromium can easily take up several Gb of RAM. On 12.04, with about 20 tabs open Chromium would get up to 2 Gb of RAM in less than a day.

You can start by monitoring closely your free RAM with the System Monitor. See if these episodes of high disk usage coincide with a full (or near full) RAM. If that is the case then try to understand if any programme stands out; both Chromium and Thunderbird could be the culprits.

In any case, if you are used to have multiple tabs open in your web browser, I would definitely advise you to use Firefox instead.