On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:45 PM, John M Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:
I use a RAID1 with ext4 in all partitions. I will try to keep an eye on 'iotop'. Thanks.
Well, I had the same problem with ext4.
In my case the disk had developed bad sectors. The long pauses we caused by the system trying and trying and trying to read the disk. I used smartctl to determine that the disk was going bad, and had already reassigned sectors automatically. I stopped using the machine and I bought a new drive.
OK, this might be a possibility. Since my system does not show high loads, when the file browsers are hanging and nothing else in the machine slows down, suspecting the disks is fair. I do have a RAID1 and I checked that both disks are active and synchronized. I had never used smartctl (thanks for the hint), but the test shows both disks are old (Old_age), but still working without errors. There is also no disk errors in /var/log/messages, where I am used to find errors when a disk goes bad. Anyway, tomorrow I will open the case and check if the disks are spinning, when dolphin hangs. -- Carlos F Lange Gaúcho nas Pradarias http://goo.gl/fvVhr -- Recursive: Adj. See Recursive. -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org