It sounds logical, and that's why it was the first thing i thought about. I knew i should had more swap space, and so i tried to add a file and do a mkswap on it, but that wasn't helpful. My swap partition is 128 mb because before upgrading the system RAM, it had only 64 mb.
But i don't think it's a swap space problem. I've tested a lot that subject and my swap file has never gone further the 20% of the 128 mbyte of the swap partition, even in the worst moments and when programs are already closing. I am supervising its use all the time by a Gnome applet, as well as system memory usage and CPU load. It has to be other thing, i suppose. Thank you very much for your fast response. On Thu, 2 May 2002 09:23:28 +1000 "Wienand Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but when I first see the main window (in Galeon, when i see the > utility bar, or in pan, when i see the newsgroup list) the program > immediately closes. > > My system is a K6 (1st version) 233 mhz with 192 Mb of ram, 20 Gb, > 128 of swap partition, 3dfx Banshee and two NICs, all of them functioning, > apparently, without problems. > > > I'd be looking at your swap partition. Does your harddisk sound like it is > going crazy? When the kernel runs out of RAM+swap, it will start to > randomly kill processes, the exact way it does this is undefined (and often > a matter of some contention amongst kernel developers) but you would notice > things dying sort of randomly in general. > > The latest kernels all recommend swap == 2 * RAM, so I'd increase that swap > partition to at least 400mb > > -i > > ********************************************************************** > CAUTION: This message may contain confidential information intended only for > the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient > of this message, any use or disclosure of this message is prohibited. If you > received this message in error please notify Mail Administrators immediately. > You must obtain all necessary intellectual property clearances before doing > anything other than displaying this message on your monitor. There is no > intellectual property licence. Any views expressed in this message are those > of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of > Woolworths Ltd. > ********************************************************************** > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
