[arch-general] i3wm (randomly?) freezes; SIGCONT seems to fix it

[Guillaume ALAUX]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:51:03 +0200, Bennett Piater wrote:
> >> No freeze since the one I told you about! I will definitely
> >> investigate further if/when I get a new one.
> >
> >Very weird...
> >I had another one yesterday, but again, no clue what caused it.
> >$(killall -CONT i3) fixed it again, so be sure to try that if you get
> >another freeze :)
> >
> >Sadly, the logs contained zero indication, so I don't know how to
> >proceed.
>
> Seemingly it is a software issue, since somebody else mentioned to
> experience the same after upgrading, but you never know. Just in case
> you could check the battery and run memtest.

I have experienced yet another freeze this afternoon. Nothing in any
log helps me diagnose. I could barely run a htop which seemed to show
memory exhaustion. I am keeping an eye on memory consumption from now
on.