On 09/23/2013 03:35 AM, JM wrote: [snip] > To prevent the kernel from swapping to disk (using the swap partition, which > is slower than a swap in ram), install this: > > http://meets.free.fr/Downloads/BentoVillageProject/Configurations/System/etc/sysctl.d/50-local.conf > > to > /etc/sysctl.d/ > > this is what it says: > ********* > > ## Configure swappiness > # Uncomment the next line if we are running a laptop > # vm.laptop_mode = 1 > vm.swappiness=0 > vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 > > ********* > > very commonly adviced in many places on the web, which I use in all my > systems since a > while now. > > Then the following: > http://meets.free.fr/Downloads/BentoVillageProject/Configurations/System/Zram/ > > Read the README. > > Change your > /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf > > for this one: > http://meets.free.fr/Downloads/BentoVillageProject/Configurations/System/Zram/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf > > what is added is only this: > COMPCACHE_SIZE="25%" > > instead of > COMPCACHE_SIZE="" > > > in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/compcache > > change this: > COMPCACHE_SIZE="50%" > > for this: > COMPCACHE_SIZE="25%" > > This is what the patch file means: > http://meets.free.fr/Downloads/BentoVillageProject/Configurations/System/Zram/usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/compcache.patch [snip]
Thanks for walking me through that. I've made the changes to 50-local.conf and initramfs.conf and rebooted. sysctl is now reporting this: vm.swappiness = 0 vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50 We'll see how that goes for this kernel: Linux lubuntu 3.11.0-8-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 20 04:11:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Regards, /Lars -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp