MX froze 2x today

[Stevo]

FYI: inxi can show this info:

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 inxi -p -admin
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Partition:.
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           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.79 GiB used: 1.0 MiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 5 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sda6 

First things first: is MX in the VM, or is it the host?

[oops]

FYI: inxi can show this info:

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 inxi -p -admin
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Partition:.
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           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.79 GiB used: 1.0 MiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 5 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sda6 

First things first: is MX in the VM, or is it the host?

Before was the Host
... and the VM is here:

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$ inxi -p -admin
Memory:    RAM: total: 2.26 GiB used: 618.7 MiB (26.8%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Are you root? 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:10:1f:ee 
           IP v4: 10.0.2.15/24 type: dynamic scope: global 
           IP v6: fe80::59d8:7157:4f09:b281/64 scope: link 
           Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus 
           WAN IP: 88.172.188.129 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 22.14 GiB used: 6.45 GiB (29.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 14.14 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 8.00 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B 
           Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: VBOX model: CD-ROM dev-links: cdrom,dvd 
           Features: speed: 32 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: none 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 9.47 GiB size: 9.26 GiB (97.77%) used: 5.95 GiB (64.3%) fs: ext4 
           block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 4.00 GiB size: 3.88 GiB (96.87%) used: 511.6 MiB (12.9%) fs: ext4 
           block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 678.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 5 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sda3 
user@mx18-32:~
$ 

[Adrian]

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RAM: total: 2.26 GiB

Yep, you need a swap partition.

[Stevo]

FYI: inxi can show this info:

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 inxi -p -admin
...
Partition:.
...
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.79 GiB used: 1.0 MiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 5 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sda6 

First things first: is MX in the VM, or is it the host?

Before was the Host
... and the VM is here:

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$ inxi -p -admin
Memory:    RAM: total: 2.26 GiB used: 618.7 MiB (26.8%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Are you root? 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:10:1f:ee 
           IP v4: 10.0.2.15/24 type: dynamic scope: global 
           IP v6: fe80::59d8:7157:4f09:b281/64 scope: link 
           Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus 
           WAN IP: 88.172.188.129 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 22.14 GiB used: 6.45 GiB (29.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 14.14 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 8.00 GiB block size: physical: 512 B 
           logical: 512 B 
           Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: VBOX model: CD-ROM dev-links: cdrom,dvd 
           Features: speed: 32 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: none 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 9.47 GiB size: 9.26 GiB (97.77%) used: 5.95 GiB (64.3%) fs: ext4 
           block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 4.00 GiB size: 3.88 GiB (96.87%) used: 511.6 MiB (12.9%) fs: ext4 
           block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 678.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 5 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 50 (default 100) dev: /dev/sda3 
user@mx18-32:~
$ 

I'm sorry, I meant the question for the OP.

[oops]

LOL ... No problem Stevo.

[Klaas Vaak]

I am running MX 17.1 as a VM host on a Win 64-bit guest.

You are right about the misunderstanding, I typed it the wrong way round. I have a Win machine as a host and MX as a guest in a Virtual Box VM. My apologies.

Anyway, I will try to set up a swap file.

[Klaas Vaak]

@Stevo: to make it absolutely clear: I have a Windows PC, which is the host, and have Virtual Box installed on that, in which I have MX running, so MX is the guest, or perhaps I should say the 'subguest' :-)

Here is the output from the

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inxi -p -admin

command suggested by Oops:

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Memory:    RAM: total: 1.42 GiB used: 1.10 GiB (77.2%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Are you root? 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:73:dc:83 
           IP v4: 10.0.2.15/24 type: dynamic scope: global 
           IP v6: fe80::e481:3c4f:7371:a77e/64 scope: link 
           Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus 
           WAN IP: 109.110.251.96 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 50.00 GiB used: 7.31 GiB (14.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 50.00 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
           Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: VBOX model: CD-ROM dev-links: cdrom,dvd 
           Features: speed: 32 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: none 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 47.97 GiB size: 46.97 GiB (97.91%) used: 7.28 GiB (15.5%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: /media/sf_Daily_files raw size: N/A size: 19.98 GiB used: 6.51 GiB (32.6%) 
           fs: vboxsf dev: ERR-102 
           ID-3: /media/sf_Q_DRIVE raw size: N/A size: 19.98 GiB used: 6.51 GiB (32.6%) 
           fs: vboxsf dev: ERR-102 
           ID-4: /media/sf_Roaming raw size: N/A size: 890.60 GiB used: 247.01 GiB (27.7%) 
           fs: vboxsf dev: ERR-102 
           ID-5: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 31.3 MiB (1.5%) fs: swap swappiness: 60 (default) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda2

The last line shows a swappiness of 60, so that needs to be reduced to say 10, right?

[Stevo]

The last line shows a swappiness of 60, so that needs to be reduced to say 10, right?

Yeah, probably.

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Memory:    RAM: total: 1.42 GiB used: 1.10 GiB (77.2%) 

But you want to avoid using swap like it's the plague, anyway, especially in a VM. Is there any way to give the VM more RAM to use, or is 1.42 GiB the most you can give it? You can change the RAM allocated to the VM once it's fully shut down.

[Klaas Vaak]

@Stevo: I reduced the swappiness to 10 yesterday, and so far everything has been OK. If the problem recurs or I find the PC is labouring then I will adjust RAM - I have a total of 6 Gb. Like I said, I now have few Win programs open, I am using mostly MX in VB, which also contributes to stability, I think.