On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:10:38 -0400 Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 30 September 2001 22:34 pm, Net Llama wrote: > > Eeek, only 64MB of RAM? That can't be helping performance any. > But > > even so, the system shouldn't lock up. Perhaps its overheating, > or has > > a few too many dust bunnies? Also, how long did you run > memtest86? Yeah, ram for this box is dirt cheap, but I'm too lazy to open the case. Even so, I've had relatively few problems from this old work horse. I just ran the memtest today. Next step is to try it again after leaving the box on for a day or so and let it run all night. > > > > --- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been experiencing weird hangs from time to time. This > usually > > > occurs when the cpu (K6/II 300 with 64M) is running flat out and > > > swaping is active, like when I run a set of kde compiles (many > hours) > > > and continue to use the box for email and browsing. At first I > > > thought Opera might be the culprit, but I've seen the problem > occur > > > without opera. > > > > > Is swap space large enough?? It's easy these days when adding > memory to > forget to add swap space. I noticed today that my 768M RAM system > only had > 313M of swap space (oh dear) but yet it was running >ok< but > seemed to be > using almost all of that space. > > Of that 313M swap space, about 286M were being used all the time > and mem was > also almost full. (as you would expect) > > I just finished increasing swap to 800M (which is still possibly > shy) and > now *NO* swap space usage. Can't explain why that is but a word to > the > wise..... My swap space is 4015848K, only 45000K used with three browsers, kword, and sylpheed running. It goes up a little bit when compiles are running, too, but memory is not seriously overcomitted. > > > > > > My environment 2.4.4.9+ kernel, X 4.1.0, Savage video card, > XFCE, > > > sylpheed, nothing bleeding edge with compiler or glibc. Swap > file is > > > active, and I have more than 2X physical memory. > > > > > > The symptoms are: When browsing at high system loads, the mouse > and > > > keyboard stop responding. Reboot required. Thanks goodness I > use > > > resierfs. > > > > > > FYI, I have run the memtest86 tests, and my memory (well my PC's > > > memory, my own is another story) appears to be ok. -- Collins Richey Denver Area gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
