similar to: browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Jonathan Billings wrote: > Are you sure you don?t have other processes or users running on the system? It only happens when you have a network connection? It might also be swapping heavily, check to see how much RAM you have. Check the output of ?free?. Pretty sure. I rebooted this morning. top - 17:32:20 up 15:47, 6 users, load average: 1.12, 2.55, 1.56 Tasks: 238

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 12:38:29 -0500 (CDT) > Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> Any suggestions on how to diagnose it? > > What happens if you try downloading a large file with wget? I'll try it. My expectation is that it will work just fine *once it starts*. That is my experience with downloading using a browser. In the case of wget, the

elinks does not seem to be working for me. I typed in google.com as my first url. There seems to be no way out of google, nor any way further in. No place to type a url. What appears to be the search window is black and does not accept input. Oops. Now I seem to have clicked on google help or something. There seems no way to back up. Ok. Found the left arrow. Still no way to search or to get out

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: > your DNS settings are in /etc/resolv.conf, just like every other unix > system since forever. Much to my surprise, I found this: # Generated by NetworkManager search midcoip.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 2001:48f8:3004:2ce:5a19:f8ff:fe9e:a4bc I doubt it's the source of my problems, but the second line looks like something midco did to

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019, Peter wrote: > On 5/08/19 10:42 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> Mem:??????? 2020144???? 1454904?????? 76140????? 204764????? 489100 >> 135004 >> Swap:?????? 4883724????? 978480???? 3905244 > > free -h is generally more readable, but... > > It's RAM. You basically have a total of 2G ram on the system, you have > less than 500M available

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: > are you running a name server on 192.168.0.1 ? what that ipv6 address ? I expect that that is in the box with midco's router. Do not know about the ipv6 address. I was about to show to what I had changed resolv.conf, but something changed it back. Grrrr. I know I didn't just forget to save it: I tested it with nslookup: > [hennebry at

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I'm finding elinks hard to navigate, > but at least it's not slowing stuff to a crawl either. Might have written too soon. elinks is starting to slow down, e.g. down arrow sometimes takes a full minute to respond. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a

On Tue, 6 Aug 2019, Peter wrote: > 2. Run out and buy more RAM. Max your system out at 4G or 8G or whatever it > will take. You will need it and appreciate it. My fears and trepidations have been realized. I finally got around to trying to install the memory I bought. No go. The first card seems like it's in almost ok, but will not go far enough down to be latched. The notches

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: > So you need to modify the source file that NetworkManager is using. > somewhere in /etc/network or /etc/networking-scripts, a config file has > DNS0=192.168.0.1 or sokmething, or your system is getting that from DHCP Will check on that. > the web login on 192.168.0.1 is undoubtably your modem/router. -- Michael hennebry at

On Tue, 6 Aug 2019, Peter wrote: > On 6/08/19 3:44 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> In any case, Centos 7 has not always been this slow. >> Presumably something has changed. > > Websites have gotten more resource-intensive. You've run "yum updates" and > now have a newer version of Firefox and/or Chrome. Your browsing habits have > changed and you browse

On Aug 4, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > Now my problem is that whenever I have a > browser open and an internet connection, > my Centos 7 slows to a crawl. > Chromium seems to be the least bad. > Sometimes it slows to the point that I cannot even move the mouse. > Even switching between virtual terminals takes a while

On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 02:03:10PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I'm using the default I got when I installed centos 7. > Was not aware of any alternatives. > > > ... Run 'nmcli con' to get a list of your network > > [root at localhost ~]# nmcli con > NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE > Wired connection 1

On Mon, Dec 02, 2019 at 06:51:44PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I've chacked on that. > I've made what seemed like promissing changes to > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post and > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions . > No go. > I still get the search line in resolv.conf . > I've tried putting in search google.com , > but on reboot, it

On 5/08/19 10:42 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > Mem:??????? 2020144???? 1454904?????? 76140????? 204764????? 489100 > 135004 > Swap:?????? 4883724????? 978480???? 3905244 free -h is generally more readable, but... It's RAM. You basically have a total of 2G ram on the system, you have less than 500M available and are into swap by nearly 1G, so you're swapping heavily. 2G

On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 01:17:53PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I only have ifcfg-lo , which I am pretty sure is the loopback interface. > As expected, other files suggest eth0 is my ethernet connection. > Should I add a one-line ifcfg-eth0 file? If you are using ethernet (and not a wireless device or some other internet connectivity) you should have an ifcfg- file for the interface.

On Tue, 2019-12-03 at 16:33 -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > For whatever reason, > the problem I was trying to solve seems to have gone away. > I can type in firefox's search box without midco stealing searches. > Something changed resolv.conf behind my back. > search midcoip.net > is there again. > I hadn't rebooted or changed firefox's preferences. > I'm

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: > No place to type a url. Found g. I'm finding elinks hard to navigate, but at least it's not slowing stuff to a crawl either. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin."

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 12:38:29 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: > Any suggestions on how to diagnose it? What happens if you try downloading a large file with wget? What happens if you try browsing some websites with elinks? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com

are you running a name server on 192.168.0.1 ? what that ipv6 address ? On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 3:53 PM Michael Hennebry < hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: > > > your DNS settings are in /etc/resolv.conf, just like every other unix > > system since forever. > > Much to my surprise, I found this: > # Generated by

On Aug 4, 2019, at 2:16 PM, Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > I'll try it. My expectation is that it will work just fine *once it starts*. > That is my experience with downloading using a browser. > In the case of wget, the issue will be typinng the command. > Suggestion for a file? A Centos iso perhaps? > I'd look for it with a browser,