Mark Schaefer wrote:
Thanks Paul,
running Star Office and the PDF viewer and netscape will make my machine stop. I tried typing free and there were three 0's (zeros!!) on the swap line. Is it possible I have managed to install on this machine without a swap???
It is Acrobat Reader. (If that's the PDF viewer you are using) The latest version of Acrobat Reader has a huge memory leak. Once into this bottomless pit, AR will claim memory as long as it can, consuming all of it. At this stage it looks like machine has completely frozen. After all memory has been depleted, AR will crash and the machine comes back to life again. This whole period of "frost" can take up to 1 hour My advise, use an older version of AR. Koos Pol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S.C. Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/