Re: Swap always full

2005-08-07 Thread Dick Davies
On 03/08/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I said, I don't normally hit swap. But, it is interesting to know > that X uses more memory on your system. I frequently experience the > Mozilla memory leak, so I see a notable difference in memory consumption > from simply closing

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-04 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Berg 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

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:57:30PM +0100, James Burke wrote: > I know linux should use all the available memory but it should be swapping > with just a few applications running. You're right, but I think you typed the opposite of what you meant. It SHOULD be swapping, because Linux by default sw

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:33:21PM +0100, James Burke wrote: > On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:22:10 -0400 > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread James Burke
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'

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
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 12

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread Steve Lamb
David Berg wrote: > I usually only run Firefox, XMMS, Gaim, Gkrellm, and Gnome (It was > swapping this much under enlightenment as well). > I don't even know where to start. Well, hate to tell it to you but you've already answered your own quandry... > Swap partition is 64 Meg and I have 128

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread James Burke
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 l

Re: Swap always full

2005-08-03 Thread ke6isf
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, David Berg 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 m