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_usr_bin_gnome-shell.120.crash every …

_usr_bin_gnome-shell.120.crash every boot

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:46

By the way, I was also surprised that Ubuntu default install (18.04 minimal) only allocated 2GiB for swapfile, having always believed that swap should pretty much match your RAM.

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:42

How do I give you points or votes, it seems so unfair that you've helped me so much and I can't reward you?!

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:32

bye

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:32

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:31

wish me luck!

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:31

again

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:31

thank you kindly

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:31

fair enough

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:31

it was never a problem before

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:31

is my memory a problem, or has Ubuntu become hungrier?

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:30

ok...

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:30

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:29

purely browser, Chromium and firefox... LibreOffice... but of Python... and GIMP

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:28

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:27

also I have 8GiB unallocated for overprovisioning

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:27

by space

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:27

low usage

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:27

3 years ish

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:26

8GiB?

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:26

yes

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:26

yes

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:25

$ grep -i swap /etc/fstab
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:25

come to think of it, this problem kind of started around the same time

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:24

to swapfile, i.e. SSD

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:23

too many writes

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:23

some say too much, and be careful with an SSD

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:23

default 60

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:22

$ free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.7G 5.0G 373M 780M 2.3G 1.7G
Swap: 2.0G 0B 2.0G

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:22

$ sysctl vm.swappiness
vm.swappiness = 10

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:22

thanks for reengaging

Broadsworde

Feb 6, 2020 15:22

hello again

Ubuntu refuses to accept correct pass…

dawn password in Terminal and Password change

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:53

have a good one

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:53

Can you update your question this the command I asked you to run and your output... I'm at the end of my day here, but will investigate more tomorrow. OK?

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:51

do you have any output from: $ ls -lh /var/crash/

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:50

that could be something

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:50

ahh!

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:49

np... so this was a straight install on HDD/SSD or VM?

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:47

l, thinking...

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:46

Settings > Language & Region?

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:44

what keyboard country layout you using?

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:43

does current password have some exotic characters in it?

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:42

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:42

doh!

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:41

and confirm

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:41

then a new SIMPLE one

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:40

ok, type that

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:40

enter

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:40

type: passwd

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:40

Ctrl+T

Broadsworde

Feb 4, 2020 17:40

open terminal