Reduced system performance after prolonged usage

[Karan Girotra <karan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey ,
i am using rh 5.2 with kernel 2.2.9 . after some usage (about 2 hours of usage
with a gui ) , the system suddenly goes into endless disk rw operations and
even moving my mouse takes about 5 seconds  to respond . in efect rendering the
system unusable . Memory does not seem to be the problem as free lists a decent
amount of freememory . Procinfo confirms that the unusualy high number of disk
operations .  I have 32 mb ram and 48 mb swap running on a cyrix MII 233.
shutting down x does return the system to normal operational mode but
restarting x renders it unusable again.
  

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Regards ..
Karan Girotra,                       
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi  
91-011-6864507                         
91-011-6862034 
Icq# 25636434

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