Continuous disk activity since upgrading to ubuntu 18.04
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Since I upgraded to ubuntu 18.04 I have been experiencing continuous disk activity and the noise that goes with it (even when the machine is apparently unused). Any suggestions about how to diagnose / remedy this? Thanks.
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Since I upgraded to ubuntu 18.04 I have been experiencing continuous disk activity and the noise that goes with it (even when the machine is apparently unused). Any suggestions about how to diagnose / remedy this? Thanks.
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Hello and welcome to AskUbuntu! Can you share a bit more info? Please edit your question and post the output of some commands likeiotopand/orhtop? You can install them withsudo apt install iotop htop.
– Mr Shunz
6 hours ago
Using iotop I noticed that firefox was frequently writing to disk. I changed the browser.sessionstore.interval in about:config from 15 000 milliseconds to 300 000 milliseconds and rebooted. So far the machine has been peaceful ...
– MyDisplayName
1 hour ago
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Since I upgraded to ubuntu 18.04 I have been experiencing continuous disk activity and the noise that goes with it (even when the machine is apparently unused). Any suggestions about how to diagnose / remedy this? Thanks.
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Since I upgraded to ubuntu 18.04 I have been experiencing continuous disk activity and the noise that goes with it (even when the machine is apparently unused). Any suggestions about how to diagnose / remedy this? Thanks.
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Hello and welcome to AskUbuntu! Can you share a bit more info? Please edit your question and post the output of some commands likeiotopand/orhtop? You can install them withsudo apt install iotop htop.
– Mr Shunz
6 hours ago
Using iotop I noticed that firefox was frequently writing to disk. I changed the browser.sessionstore.interval in about:config from 15 000 milliseconds to 300 000 milliseconds and rebooted. So far the machine has been peaceful ...
– MyDisplayName
1 hour ago
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Hello and welcome to AskUbuntu! Can you share a bit more info? Please edit your question and post the output of some commands likeiotopand/orhtop? You can install them withsudo apt install iotop htop.
– Mr Shunz
6 hours ago
Using iotop I noticed that firefox was frequently writing to disk. I changed the browser.sessionstore.interval in about:config from 15 000 milliseconds to 300 000 milliseconds and rebooted. So far the machine has been peaceful ...
– MyDisplayName
1 hour ago
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Hello and welcome to AskUbuntu! Can you share a bit more info? Please edit your question and post the output of some commands like
iotop and/or htop? You can install them with sudo apt install iotop htop.– Mr Shunz
6 hours ago
Hello and welcome to AskUbuntu! Can you share a bit more info? Please edit your question and post the output of some commands like
iotop and/or htop? You can install them with sudo apt install iotop htop.– Mr Shunz
6 hours ago
Using iotop I noticed that firefox was frequently writing to disk. I changed the browser.sessionstore.interval in about:config from 15 000 milliseconds to 300 000 milliseconds and rebooted. So far the machine has been peaceful ...
– MyDisplayName
1 hour ago
Using iotop I noticed that firefox was frequently writing to disk. I changed the browser.sessionstore.interval in about:config from 15 000 milliseconds to 300 000 milliseconds and rebooted. So far the machine has been peaceful ...
– MyDisplayName
1 hour ago
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Hello and welcome to AskUbuntu! Can you share a bit more info? Please edit your question and post the output of some commands like
iotopand/orhtop? You can install them withsudo apt install iotop htop.– Mr Shunz
6 hours ago
Using iotop I noticed that firefox was frequently writing to disk. I changed the browser.sessionstore.interval in about:config from 15 000 milliseconds to 300 000 milliseconds and rebooted. So far the machine has been peaceful ...
– MyDisplayName
1 hour ago