Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:43:57 -0700 | From | Joe <> | Subject | Re: How do I make this thing stop laging? Reboot? Sounds like Windows! |
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Karl Vogel wrote:
>On 18 Jun 2003, you wrote in linux.kernel: > > > >>rmoser wrote: >>[...] >> >> >>>Ten minutes later I get the brains to run top. It seems I have about >>>50 MB in swap, and 54 MB free memory. So I wait ten minutes more. >>> >>>No change. >>> >>>% swapoff -a; swapon -a >>> >>>Fixes all my problems. >>> >>>Now this long story shows something: The kernel appears to be unable >>>to intelligently pull swap back into RAM. What gives? >>> >>> >>> >>Because the problem _is_ unsolvable. You want the kernel >>to go "oh, lots of free memory showed up, lets pull >>everything in from swap just in case someone might need it." >> >> > > >You might want to try Con Kolivas' patches on: > http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/ > > Unfortunately he provided no information as to what kernel and/or distro he is running - for all we know he's running 2.4.9 - so the con man's patches probably won't apply.
Joe
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