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SubjectRe: swapping to death (2.2.x)
In <Pine.GSO.4.04.9905011110080.10269-100000@brick.ens.fr> David Monniaux (monniaux@clipper.ens.fr) wrote:
> Kernel: 2.2.1 or 2.2.6
> RAM: 48 Mb + 32 M swap

> Symptom: sometimes, typically while accessing the WWW through PPP and
> netscape or kfm, the machine suddenly begins to swap very hard, to a near
> halt.

> It is very brutal: the transition between almost no swapping and this
> phenomenon takes place in a second.

> Do you think it is a case of too little RAM or swap? What surprises me is
> that an identical configuration running 2.0.x never had any problem.

> Any idea of any system config variable to tweak?

I'm not sure if it's your problem but 2.2 is MUCH worse then 2.0 when there are
no free space in swap...




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