Hi, On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Calyth wrote:
Few questions: I have a computer that has the odd memory configuration of 40MB (2-4MB and 2-16MB). I also have a swap of 128M. How come when i launch something memory intensive, such as staroffice or gimp, my HD start going like crazy? is this when my swap is full?
No, this is when the kernel starts swapping. When the swap space is full, you will receive an out of memory error.
Also is this configuration hard on running such memory hungry program.
Yes, unfortunately 40 MB is a bit tight for applications like Gimp or StarOffice. Try to save memory by using a low-mem window manager instead of KDE or the GNOME desktop, disable all services that you don't need (like Apache, portmapper, etc).
If so, any program that resembles some functions of gimp without using so much ram?
Not that I know of. Most other paint programs are much more limited.
Also, when i use free or top, I see that I have my 128 (or 127MB) swap, bu when i run kde's process manager, it says I don't have any swap. I have suse 6.3 and just updated the packages.
I would trust "free" in this case. :) Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- 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/