On 10/12/18 07:56 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
It is a kernel problem, yes. Something in FF causes the kernel to go berseck into a loop of (guess) load-unload memory to swap.
And mind, swapping in my machines is fast, it is on SSD.
let's not forget that you do have control over swap, though it is somewhat of an arcane art. You can control the 'swapiness' in various ways: - how little memory triggers swap; - how much memory must be recovered in one go oh my, all that under /proc/sys/vm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iJ06dbZ3fw sync; echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pNgK2Em-M (about setting 'swapiness') (is there a TL;DR for video? this could have been done in a page or two of text, a faster read ) -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org