[clug] Ubuntu 10.04 windows close for no apparent reason

David Tulloh david at tulloh.id.au
Fri May 14 23:04:39 MDT 2010


On 15/05/10 10:41, jhock wrote:
> Sometimes when I do a mouse click the interface that I am using closes
> for no apparent reason.  For example, evolution closed when I deleted an
> email. This has happened twice on different sessions and different
> emails.
>
> Similarly Open Office 3.2 presentation closes every time I reach a
> certain custom animation in a slide show. ...
>   
You may be running out of RAM.

Both applications you site aren't known for their low RAM use. 
Additionally, your EEE PC probably won't be running with swap due to the
SSD hard drive.  So when you run out of RAM the kernel kills off
something to free it up, normally the program you are using.


David


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