$ sudo earlyoom -d -r 0.1 earlyoom v1.3-12-gb267304 mem total: 1776 MiB, swap total: 2664 MiB sending SIGTERM when mem <= 10 % and swap <= 10 %, SIGKILL when mem <= 5 % and swap <= 5 % dry-running kill_largest_process()... pid 362: badness 0 vm_rss 2544 systemd-journal ^ new victim (higher vm_rss) pid 378: badness 0 vm_rss 172 lvmetad pid 409: badness 0 vm_rss 3956 systemd-udevd ^ new victim (higher vm_rss) pid 781: badness 0 vm_rss 580 accounts-daemon pid 782: badness 0 vm_rss 2840 ModemManager pid 787: badness 0 vm_rss 304 cgmanager pid 815: badness 0 vm_rss 1580 acpid pid 822: badness 0 vm_rss 1776 rsyslogd pid 823: badness 0 vm_rss 1076 thermald pid 825: badness 0 vm_rss 1424 cron pid 826: badness 0 vm_rss 1792 systemd-logind pid 827: badness 0 vm_rss 2948 dbus-daemon pid 902: badness 1 vm_rss 5692 NetworkManager ^ new victim (higher badness) pid 980: badness 1 vm_rss 5004 polkitd pid 1025: badness 0 vm_rss 1340 irqbalance pid 1031: badness 0 vm_rss 2468 ntpd pid 1055: badness 0 vm_rss 124 agetty pid 1058: badness 0 vm_rss 1040 mdm pid 1071: badness 0 vm_rss 2056 mdm pid 1078: badness 17 vm_rss 79760 Xorg ^ new victim (higher badness) pid 1085: badness 0 vm_rss 2780 wpa_supplicant pid 1092: badness 6 vm_rss 29300 tor pid 1187: badness 2 vm_rss 9784 preload pid 1190: badness 0 vm_rss 1804 dnsmasq pid 1230: badness 0 vm_rss 3016 systemd pid 1231: badness 0 vm_rss 2392 (sd-pam) pid 1236: badness 0 vm_rss 404 console-kit-dae pid 1309: badness 4 vm_rss 20716 mate-session pid 1530: badness 0 vm_rss 1540 gpg-agent pid 1533: badness 0 vm_rss 360 ssh-agent pid 1536: badness 0 vm_rss 424 dbus-launch pid 1537: badness 0 vm_rss 2636 dbus-daemon pid 1547: badness 0 vm_rss 1424 at-spi-bus-laun pid 1552: badness 0 vm_rss 2000 dbus-daemon pid 1554: badness 0 vm_rss 2628 at-spi2-registr pid 1730: badness 0 vm_rss 2844 dconf-service pid 1884: badness 1 vm_rss 4380 gnome-keyring-d pid 1893: badness 3 vm_rss 13632 mate-settings-d pid 1907: badness 3 vm_rss 16400 marco pid 1908: badness 8 vm_rss 38732 mate-panel pid 1918: badness 0 vm_rss 3200 gvfsd pid 1923: badness 0 vm_rss 384 gvfsd-fuse pid 1938: badness 1 vm_rss 6540 pulseaudio pid 1939: badness 0 vm_rss 1332 rtkit-daemon pid 1942: badness 12 vm_rss 58060 caja pid 1944: badness 2 vm_rss 11636 mate-power-mana pid 1947: badness 2 vm_rss 11380 mate-volume-con pid 1957: badness 2 vm_rss 12764 nm-applet pid 1966: badness 0 vm_rss 3972 upowerd pid 1998: badness 11 vm_rss 53732 mintmenu pid 2003: badness 4 vm_rss 19952 wnck-applet pid 2005: badness 1 vm_rss 7820 notification-ar pid 2007: badness 3 vm_rss 16488 clock-applet pid 2047: badness 0 vm_rss 4040 gvfs-udisks2-vo pid 2050: badness 1 vm_rss 5772 udisksd pid 2062: badness 0 vm_rss 1028 gvfs-afc-volume pid 2068: badness 0 vm_rss 3124 gvfs-mtp-volume pid 2073: badness 0 vm_rss 812 gvfs-goa-volume pid 2078: badness 0 vm_rss 1720 gvfs-gphoto2-vo pid 2084: badness 0 vm_rss 2416 gvfsd-trash pid 2103: badness 1 vm_rss 4552 gvfsd-metadata pid 2243: badness 5 vm_rss 24412 mate-system-mon pid 6341: badness 2 vm_rss 9312 mate-screensave pid 8239: badness 0 vm_rss 1960 gvfsd-network pid 8265: badness 0 vm_rss 2448 gvfsd-dnssd pid 8651: badness 0 vm_rss 2288 gvfsd-computer pid 9413: badness 0 vm_rss 2340 gconfd-2 pid 14752: badness 0 vm_rss 2316 dhclient pid 14862: badness 0 vm_rss 2184 avahi-daemon pid 14865: badness 5 vm_rss 22992 mate-terminal pid 14867: badness 0 vm_rss 324 avahi-daemon pid 14873: badness 0 vm_rss 4188 bash pid 15434: badness 0 vm_rss 3028 cupsd pid 15435: badness 0 vm_rss 3196 cups-browsed pid 15831: badness 0 vm_rss 4136 bash pid 21209: badness 1 vm_rss 5000 sudo pid 21210: badness 0 vm_rss 792 earlyoom pid 30644: badness 1 vm_rss 7460 colord pid 30710: badness 0 vm_rss 2400 gvfsd-http pid 30869: badness 0 vm_rss 4020 kdeinit4 pid 30872: badness 1 vm_rss 5284 klauncher pid 30874: badness 2 vm_rss 11136 kded4 selecting victim took 13.626 ms mem avail: 1019 of 1776 MiB (57 %), swap free: 2664 of 2664 MiB (100 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1019 of 1776 MiB (57 %), swap free: 2664 of 2664 MiB (100 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1019 of 1776 MiB (57 %), swap free: 2664 of 2664 MiB (100 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1019 of 1776 MiB (57 %), swap free: 2664 of 2664 MiB (100 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1019 of 1776 MiB (57 %), swap free: 2664 of 2664 MiB (100 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 622 of 1776 MiB (35 %), swap free: 2664 of 2664 MiB (100 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 2447 of 2664 MiB (91 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 1863 of 2664 MiB (69 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 1178 of 2664 MiB (44 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 465 of 2664 MiB (17 %) adaptive sleep time: 233 ms mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 300 of 2664 MiB (11 %) adaptive sleep time: 100 ms mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 226 of 2664 MiB ( 8 %) low memory! at or below SIGTERM limits: mem 10 %, swap 10 % pid 362: badness 0 vm_rss 1332 systemd-journal ^ new victim (higher vm_rss) pid 409: badness 0 vm_rss 1468 systemd-udevd ^ new victim (higher vm_rss) pid 782: badness 0 vm_rss 1100 ModemManager pid 787: badness 0 vm_rss 8 cgmanager pid 815: badness 0 vm_rss 1420 acpid pid 822: badness 0 vm_rss 976 rsyslogd pid 823: badness 0 vm_rss 1176 thermald pid 825: badness 0 vm_rss 1104 cron pid 826: badness 0 vm_rss 1164 systemd-logind pid 827: badness 0 vm_rss 2264 dbus-daemon ^ new victim (higher vm_rss) pid 902: badness 1 vm_rss 3848 NetworkManager ^ new victim (higher badness) pid 980: badness 1 vm_rss 2424 polkitd pid 1025: badness 0 vm_rss 1112 irqbalance pid 1031: badness 0 vm_rss 1800 ntpd pid 1071: badness 0 vm_rss 404 mdm pid 1078: badness 16 vm_rss 27912 Xorg ^ new victim (higher badness) pid 1085: badness 0 vm_rss 2040 wpa_supplicant pid 1092: badness 6 vm_rss 6304 tor pid 1187: badness 2 vm_rss 1988 preload pid 1190: badness 0 vm_rss 1252 dnsmasq pid 1230: badness 0 vm_rss 2064 systemd pid 1236: badness 0 vm_rss 292 console-kit-dae pid 1309: badness 4 vm_rss 3528 mate-session pid 1530: badness 0 vm_rss 1292 gpg-agent pid 1533: badness 0 vm_rss 96 ssh-agent pid 1537: badness 0 vm_rss 1412 dbus-daemon pid 1547: badness 0 vm_rss 864 at-spi-bus-laun pid 1552: badness 0 vm_rss 1184 dbus-daemon pid 1554: badness 0 vm_rss 1800 at-spi2-registr pid 1730: badness 0 vm_rss 1676 dconf-service pid 1884: badness 0 vm_rss 2472 gnome-keyring-d pid 1893: badness 3 vm_rss 3992 mate-settings-d pid 1907: badness 3 vm_rss 8328 marco pid 1908: badness 8 vm_rss 6476 mate-panel pid 1918: badness 0 vm_rss 2048 gvfsd pid 1938: badness 1 vm_rss 2416 pulseaudio pid 1939: badness 0 vm_rss 1228 rtkit-daemon pid 1942: badness 12 vm_rss 5112 caja pid 1944: badness 2 vm_rss 4868 mate-power-mana pid 1947: badness 2 vm_rss 4340 mate-volume-con pid 1957: badness 2 vm_rss 6056 nm-applet pid 1966: badness 0 vm_rss 2164 upowerd pid 1998: badness 10 vm_rss 8016 mintmenu pid 2003: badness 4 vm_rss 5976 wnck-applet pid 2005: badness 1 vm_rss 2532 notification-ar pid 2007: badness 3 vm_rss 5556 clock-applet pid 2047: badness 0 vm_rss 2100 gvfs-udisks2-vo pid 2050: badness 1 vm_rss 2844 udisksd pid 2062: badness 0 vm_rss 228 gvfs-afc-volume pid 2068: badness 0 vm_rss 632 gvfs-mtp-volume pid 2073: badness 0 vm_rss 368 gvfs-goa-volume pid 2078: badness 0 vm_rss 1020 gvfs-gphoto2-vo pid 2084: badness 0 vm_rss 1396 gvfsd-trash pid 2103: badness 1 vm_rss 1288 gvfsd-metadata pid 2243: badness 5 vm_rss 15036 mate-system-mon pid 6341: badness 2 vm_rss 2480 mate-screensave pid 8239: badness 0 vm_rss 1164 gvfsd-network pid 8265: badness 0 vm_rss 1636 gvfsd-dnssd pid 8651: badness 0 vm_rss 1484 gvfsd-computer pid 9413: badness 0 vm_rss 1756 gconfd-2 pid 14752: badness 0 vm_rss 1500 dhclient pid 14862: badness 0 vm_rss 1732 avahi-daemon pid 14865: badness 4 vm_rss 15088 mate-terminal pid 14873: badness 0 vm_rss 1888 bash pid 15434: badness 0 vm_rss 1648 cupsd pid 15435: badness 0 vm_rss 1884 cups-browsed pid 15831: badness 0 vm_rss 1840 bash pid 21209: badness 1 vm_rss 3936 sudo pid 21210: badness 0 vm_rss 792 earlyoom pid 21211: badness 765 vm_rss 1376612 tail ^ new victim (higher badness) pid 30644: badness 1 vm_rss 1904 colord pid 30710: badness 0 vm_rss 1408 gvfsd-http pid 30869: badness 0 vm_rss 1728 kdeinit4 pid 30872: badness 1 vm_rss 2252 klauncher pid 30874: badness 2 vm_rss 3560 kded4 selecting victim took 7.492 ms sending SIGTERM to process 21211 "tail": badness 765, VmRSS 1344 MiB mem avail: 0 of 1776 MiB ( 0 %), swap free: 221 of 2664 MiB ( 8 %) process state: R mem avail: 56 of 1776 MiB ( 3 %), swap free: 1105 of 2664 MiB (41 %) process state: R mem avail: 145 of 1776 MiB ( 8 %), swap free: 2272 of 2664 MiB (85 %) process state: R mem avail: 1369 of 1776 MiB (77 %), swap free: 2272 of 2664 MiB (85 %) process exited after 0.3 seconds adaptive sleep time: 100 ms mem avail: 1369 of 1776 MiB (77 %), swap free: 2272 of 2664 MiB (85 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1364 of 1776 MiB (76 %), swap free: 2274 of 2664 MiB (85 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1357 of 1776 MiB (76 %), swap free: 2277 of 2664 MiB (85 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1351 of 1776 MiB (76 %), swap free: 2280 of 2664 MiB (85 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1337 of 1776 MiB (75 %), swap free: 2281 of 2664 MiB (85 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms mem avail: 1322 of 1776 MiB (74 %), swap free: 2282 of 2664 MiB (85 %) adaptive sleep time: 1000 ms