* Avi Schwartz (avi@CFFtechnologies.com) [20000129 15:46]:
Jan 29 04:13:29 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process aide Jan 29 06:13:08 seahorse kernel: VM: terminating process X Jan 29 06:13:17 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process sendmail Jan 29 06:31:20 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process pppd Jan 29 06:31:21 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process gpm Jan 29 06:31:23 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process kfm Jan 29 06:42:45 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process kpanel Jan 29 06:46:22 seahorse kernel: VM: killing process setiathome
Any idea what is going on?
You guessed part of the answer: your machine is running out of memory. In
this case, the kernel starts killing processes, starting with those that hog
the most memory.
There are quite a few possible reasons, with the most probable being a
process (i.e. program) that leaks memory (i.e. allocating memory that it
never frees) or process that needs X resources which the X-Server only frees
when it is shut down. For instance the 3D Screensavers are known as memory
hogs.
The only way to find out who the culprit is would be examining the system
with 'free', top or other monitoring tools.
Philipp
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Philipp Thomas