On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:22:10 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:57:30PM +0100, James Burke wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:40:17 -0500 > > David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It seems that with in 15 minutes of logging into my account I'm out of > > > swap and low on physical memory. > > > > > > Swap partition is 64 Meg and I have 128 Megs of Physical. I'm > > > upgrading to 1Gig very shortly but would still like to know why I'm > > > swapping so much. > > > > > > > Debian seems to use alot of memory on mine. Running fluxbox,firefox,gaim > > and gkrellm its already used 50mb of swap after 3 hours, I've got 256mb of > > physical memory & 1gb of swap. > > > > I know linux should use all the available memory but it should be swapping > > with just a few applications running. > > > > XFree86 and firefox seem to be the biggest users of memory using 28.3% and > > 23.8% for the memory. > > > > I have a laptop with 256 MB, and while not a powerhouse, it can run > Firefox and OOo under WindowMaker without getting into swap (as long as > Firefox is not open too long, with the memory leak and all). It is not > surprising that the OP, with only 128 MB, is always getting into swap. > Thats the difference, I've got firefox running all the time. X is still using more memory than firefox though. I've used slackware with this laptop without swapping. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
