I have 8GB RAM, when memory is exceeded (chrome + vbox + something else):
- hard mouse freezes
- permanently lit SSD led
- in 90% of cases I can't login in tty, system without any response, necessary to reset only
- in 10% I login in tty and kill chrome or vbox and system is back to life
I run free -m
every 2 seconds, and specifically fill all RAM, when free swap begins to decrease - it happens. The same thing happens with disabled swap, when free memory is decreasing to zero.
Other devices with Ubuntu 14.04, and 12.04 have same problem.
How I can solve this?
Linux E5550 3.19.0-49-generic #55~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 11:24:31 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/proc/meminfo
)? Is the swap space on a reasonably fast storage medium? What are the values of other relevant virtual memory management parameters likevm.swappiness
?