On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 18:55, John Sowden wrote:
My system seems to slow down after an hour of so. 30-40 sec to load kpat (freecell), etc. Is there a way to check to see if my swap file is working properly and being utilized adequately?
"free" shows swap/memory stats I don't know what might be causing the slow down. Maybe your priority for swap is too low? you can check it by "more /proc/swaps" or in your /etc/fstab file. The default for 8.1 is: /dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0 KDE system guard, Gnome system monitor, or top; might help show you some on goings as well.
I want to get tar (it's not on my install-go figure) from the suse 8.0 cds, but the install program can not find it. It is looking at a database, not the cd, I believe.
If you are using suse 8.1, GNU tar is under package name "tar". Did you run a search for it via YaST? -- JericAtSbcglobalDotNetwork 8:35pm up 2:32, 5 users, load average: 0.10, 0.06, 0.02 "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..." -U.S. Constitution, Amendment IV, 1791 (Say "NO" to TIA!)