-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/01/08 15:43, andy wrote: > Of 2863MB of SWAP, some 1881MB are being used. This is a capture of top: > > 15055 andy 20 0 34520 14m 4896 R 98 1.5 0:01.60 kbuildsycoca > 14950 andy 20 0 171m 88m 27m S 55 9.0 15:52.20 iceape-bin > 3890 root 20 0 123m 68m 8184 S 4 7.0 41:54.30 Xorg > 161 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 2 0.0 0:32.91 kswapd0 > 4881 andy 20 0 19776 5672 4460 S 2 0.6 11:38.49 xfce4-systemloa > 1 root 20 0 2032 548 520 S 0 0.1 0:05.08 init > 2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd [snip] > 791 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:01.08 usb-storage > 816 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/0 > > and of free: > $ free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 1003576 986260 17316 0 9868 139320 > -/+ buffers/cache: 837072 166504 > Swap: 2931852 1928848 1003004 > > How can I clear out SWAP so that it does not retain redundant memory > allocated pages?
# swapoff -a # swapon -a > I am thinking if SWAP can be cleared, my machine will > be more responsive with current pages written to SWAP, rather than > taking up space written by now obsolete processes. I'm not sure that this will do what you want... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIGixoS9HxQb37XmcRAvUXAJ9Vaxj67CAoiLMKQNgzZSAumdg6hQCeLVKQ ohjCSh7bKykktHswcwFXt/g= =rFBa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
