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[Linux-India] Re: startx causing non-stop disk thrashing.

On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 04:57:18PM +0530, Sachin wrote:
> "xinit" and "X" works fine, but when I try "startx",  the system goes about
> thrashing the harddisk which never seems to stop!. I have 40MB swap and
> 128MB RAM.

Switch to another virtual terminal - Ctrl+Alt+F2 for example and run
"top". It should show you which process is sucking up all the CPU.

	-Arun

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