Chris Kaltwasser: > Does someone know the meaning of this message? I don't know what the message means, but I got it when I ran out of virtual memory.
A way to check how much memory is free is using Shift-ScrollLock (with the default keyboard map). This works even if there isn't enough memory free to run `free'. If you don't know what's gobbling up the memory, try running `top' and pressing `M', which is the sort-by-memory key. You can leave it running on a spare terminal, so that it's there when you need it (use the secure option if necessary). > The hard drive starts thrashing, and just about everything I try to do > becomes impossible. That would be consistent with running out of memory - first the computer starts using swap (hence the thrashing), then it runs out altogether. If you need a lot of virtual memory on a short-term basis, you can use a file-based swap - not as efficient as a partition, but a lot easier to set up. Wouldn't get rid of the thrashing, but it'd let the computer finish what it's trying to do (assuming it's something that actually finishes eventually). Jiri -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
