J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:50:54PM +0200:
> I'm running stable with 1 or 2 debs from unstable and custom build 2.4.20
> kernel with the High Memory Support and Highmem I/O support enabled.
When the system is acting sluggish, what does top show you? I've had problems
with systems w
J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:49:21PM +0200:
> I see. I'm pretty new to Debian and all. I've read that a swap partition is
> better than the swap file (as in Windoze). I created a 2gig swap partition
> because I like to be "prepared". I'm using dialup but hope that I will soon
> be us
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:50:54 +0200
"J. Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems to me that Debian is not using my ram at all, because I can hear
> and see a lot of disk activity happening, which could only mean that the
> system is using the swap partition (size 2GB).
Not really. What do
Monday 11 of August 2003 19:50 je &e pisal:
>On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:33:21PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Nejko Zidarjev wrote:
>> > Just a few minutes ago I managed to issue a top command and it
>> > appears that I had (or have during the slowdowns) more than 1
>> > (Y
Just a few minutes ago I managed to issue a top command and it appears that I
had (or have during the slowdowns) more than 1 (YES, you read well!)
processes running. the numbers is decreasing as time passess to the overall
42-50, which is kinda expected.
I have no idea what spawns (is this th
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 05:14:14PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> However, what, then, would you do with a 2GB partition? I say that
> there's no *harm* in leaving your setup just the way it is.
If you don't already have it on it's own partition, /var/log.
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:33:21PM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Nejko Zidarjev wrote:
> >
> > Just a few minutes ago I managed to issue a top command and it
> > appears that I had (or have during the slowdowns) more than 1
> > (YES, you read well!) processes running. the nu
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 06:08, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:03:26PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> > J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:49:21PM +0200:
> > > I see. I'm pretty new to Debian and all. I've read that a swap partition is
> > A swap partition is "better", in that it's
Rob Weir said on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:08:13PM +1000:
> Just as a point of interest, swap files are effectively as fast as swap
> partitions in 2.5/2.6.
Really? That's cool; swap partitions always felt like a big hack to me.
So then 2.6 based systems should be using something like swapd, right
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 18:14, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:56:01AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 06:08, Rob Weir wrote:
> > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:03:26PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> > > > J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:49:21PM +0200:
>
J. Zidar wrote:
> I've found out that the processes were fetchmaild and run-parts.
>
> I remember once trying to make a script that would check and download my mail
> once connected (I'm using dialup) and I've always thought that is not working
> (the script) but I came to realize that is almost
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 16:19, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:49:21 +0200
> "J. Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Question: How do I turn off the swap partition (in a few steps)?
>
> Well, turning it off is easy. swapoff
Keeping it off, though, across reboots is the important
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:47:17PM +0200, Nejko Zidarjev wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 at 12:56:47, Antony Gelberg wrote:
>
> > J. Zidar wrote:
> > > Hello. I have a very peculiar problem with my Debian install.
> > >
> > > It seems to me that Debian is not using my ram at all, because I can
> > >
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:10:45 +0100
Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:47:17PM +0200, Nejko Zidarjev wrote:
> Aside from that, why do you have a 2GB swapfile anyway, as you don't
> appear to even be close to using all of your physical RAM?
I'm sure you know a
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:03:26PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:49:21PM +0200:
> > I see. I'm pretty new to Debian and all. I've read that a swap partition is
> > better than the swap file (as in Windoze). I created a 2gig swap partition
> > because I lik
On 12 Aug 2003 23:20:34 -0500
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How much does an 80GB drive cost now? Add it as /dev/hd[b-f], and
> have a rip-roaring time...
More than I can afford right now. $20 for 100 CD-R was pushing it. :/
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On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:36, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On 11 Aug 2003 17:14:14 -0500
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > However, what, then, would you do with a 2GB partition? I say that
> > there's no *harm* in leaving your setup just the way it is.
>
> Until the other partitions are ful
On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 12:59, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> Rob Weir said on Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:08:13PM +1000:
> > Just as a point of interest, swap files are effectively as fast as swap
> > partitions in 2.5/2.6.
>
> Really? That's cool; swap partitions always felt like a big hack to me.
Not a big
Hello. I have a very peculiar problem with my Debian install.
It seems to me that Debian is not using my ram at all, because I can hear and
see a lot of disk activity happening, which could only mean that the system
is using the swap partition (size 2GB).
The net result is that the system gets
Monday 11 of August 2003 16:29 je &e pisal:
>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:10:45 +0100
>
>Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:47:17PM +0200, Nejko Zidarjev wrote:
>> Aside from that, why do you have a 2GB swapfile anyway, as you don't
>> appear to even be close to using
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:49:21 +0200
"J. Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Question: How do I turn off the swap partition (in a few steps)?
Well, turning it off is easy. swapoff
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 07:41:04PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 18:14, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:56:01AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > >knight:~# swapon -s
> > >Filename Type SizeUsed Priority
> > >/dev/rootvg/swap0
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Nejko Zidarjev wrote:
>
> Just a few minutes ago I managed to issue a top command and it appears that I
> had (or have during the slowdowns) more than 1 (YES, you read well!)
> processes running. the numbers is decreasing as time passess to the overall
> 42-50, which is ki
On 11 Aug 2003 17:14:14 -0500
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, what, then, would you do with a 2GB partition? I say that
> there's no *harm* in leaving your setup just the way it is.
Until the other partitions are full up. I remember the day that I bought
my 60Gb (was lookin
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:27:35PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote:
> Thanks to all the people that helped me clear this issue. Is there a way to
> repartition my swap and root partition the "Partition Magic" way (no need to
> format etc.) as it seems that my swap partition is to big (2gigs for 1 1gig
> o
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:49:21 +0200
"J. Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Question: How do I turn off the swap partition (in a few steps)?
man swapoff
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 at 12:56:47, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> J. Zidar wrote:
> > Hello. I have a very peculiar problem with my Debian install.
> >
> > It seems to me that Debian is not using my ram at all, because I can
> > hear and see a lot of disk activity happening, which could only mean
> > that
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 08:56:01AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 06:08, Rob Weir wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:03:26PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> > > J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:49:21PM +0200:
> > > > I see. I'm pretty new to Debian and all. I've read th
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:36, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > On 11 Aug 2003 17:14:14 -0500
> > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > However, what, then, would you do with a 2GB partition? I say that
> > > there's no *harm* in leaving your setup just the way
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:50:54PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote:
> BTW: Is it normal that XFree86 uses 280 megs of ram?
Maybe. That figure probably also contains your video RAM. How much RAM
does your video card have ?
Frank
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 at 14:02:44, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:50:54PM +0200, J. Zidar wrote:
> > BTW: Is it normal that XFree86 uses 280 megs of ram?
>
> Maybe. That figure probably also contains your video RAM. How much RAM
> does your video card have ?
>
> Frank
>
>
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J. Zidar wrote:
> Hello. I have a very peculiar problem with my Debian install.
>
> It seems to me that Debian is not using my ram at all, because I can
> hear and see a lot of disk activity happening, which could only mean
> that the system is using the swap partition (size 2GB).
Or it could mean
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