On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 10:29:59PM +0100, andy wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >On 05/01/08 15:43, andy wrote: > > > >>Of 2863MB of SWAP, some 1881MB are being used. This is a capture of top: > >[snip] >> > >>How can I clear out SWAP so that it does not retain redundant memory > >>allocated pages? > >> > >> 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... > > > Perhaps not. However, my uptime is only 7 days with one user. Yet it > takes several seconds for my Xfce4 (light and fast) to respond. I am > unable to load a larger amount of RAM, and my system is sluggish even > with 1GB of RAM. What is a poor Deb Lenny user to do? SWAP seemed like a > logical culprit. > The virtual memory is some 798MB of 980MB and I have only KSCD, KMail, > Konsole. OO.o Writer, IceApe, IceDove, and this IceDove composer windows > open.
Xfce4 is no longer light or fast since it uses GTK2. I liked Xfce4 (I'm in Etch) but it has a serious memory leak; it was a problem for me who normally uses the command line and startx for X stuff. I also use Konqueror instead of Iceweasel for most browsing. For desktop, I use icewm although I would like to try Openbox when I have the time. Swap having been used perse doesn't slow down the system; having it being used (I/O wait) does. Don't worry about clearing swap, its a red-herring. > When I double click within Xfce on the /home directory icon, there is a > noticeable lag between clicking and a response. What causes this? Must I > reboot every few days so as to release memory to allow my system to be > more responsive? This isn't the GNU/Linux I know and love from my > Slackware days. What is wrong with my configuration? > Get away from Xfce4 until the memory leak is fixed. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
