On Monday 17 February 2003 21:00, John Sowden wrote:
still slow, but now I have stats, 5 min after boot: 48mb ram, 44mb used, 1.5 mb free, 128mb swap, 16mb swap used, 104mb swap free, 59 processes, 3 processes using .4 to 3% of system
2 hours after boot: 44mb used, 1.5 mb free, 60mb used, 60 mb free, 55 processes, same sys usage constant disk thrashing, 2 min to bring kpath(freecell) to the screen no programs running on desktop except sys guard
note: is it possible that a cron is defragging the disk (you know, the great linux filesystem that does not need defragging, but no one explains). this might cause oscillation between the 4mb of free ram vs the swap.
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"48 mb" of memory isn't much if you are running a modern desktop environment. Linux will use all of the memory on your system that it can for many purposes, but running a big GUI like KDE or Gnome with that small amount of memory is asking for swapping. Even any of the NT based MS systems would want more memory than that. You might look into purchasing more memory or using a lighter desktop. -- Kelly L. Fulks Home Account