Anton Aylward wrote:
Last week I tried creating a postscript file from a .PNG file that I had open with Gwenview.
For some reason it didn't work out, it hung and dragged the machine down and I couldn't kill it and had to reboot.
Not being able to kill a process usually indicates a hardware problem or a kernel (often driver) bug.
Since then, as I reboot the machine each morning,
??? That sounds more like a Windows box than a linux box. Why reboot so often? Unless I'm replacing my kernel, my linux box manages over 60 days uptime...
I find that after a few minutes /tmp fills us with a few THOUSAND GS_* files. Most are empty, a few are a round 10K or so. This paralyses other activities. They are owned by 'anton' -- of course.
Why would it paralyze your computer? Cpu, disk, or what? For what to try, change anton's TMP to point to another location -- verify it is being used for these gs_ files (ghostscript maybe?). Then make it read-only and see what processes complain... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org