Re: Bogus swap usage problem?

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:52:18PM +0200, Guy Geens wrote: > Kernels before 2.4.7 had a bug in the swap code, leading to the > behaviour you described. 2.4.7 is better, but apparently it doesn't > fix things completely. > > Try upgrading to 2.4.8. Thanks for the info and your suggestion, but it d

Bogus swap usage problem?

Can someone tell me if this is normal behavior? Note how the amount of physical memory in use doesn't change even though 52 megs of data from swap must be swapped in. Is the swapped data tossed? If its useless, why hadn't it been cleared out beforehand? Any information would be helpful. Please

testing distribution security updates?

Hi all. I've just installed a box with packages from the testing dist. Some questions came to mind about security updates for packages in testing. If a package is in the testing distribution and a security update is issued that effects stable, testing and unstable, how long before the testing pa

Re: dhcpcd error "sendto (init): Operation not permitted"

At 10:14 AM 9/27/99 -0700, you wrote: > The only other thing I can think of is try to upgrade my kernel to 2.2.x, > but that brings in some other problems, and I am totally unsure if it will > work. I can think of one other.. firewalling. (I know potato installs some filters by default, but don

Re: partition this thing!

At 11:02 PM 9/26/99 +0300, you wrote: This is my first try at more than swap and /.tiny /boot, giant /home, right? Anyone feel like helping? I don't think a separate partition for /boot would be a good idea. /boot is the default location for the kernel. Having the kernel and init (usua

dhcpcd error "sendto (init): Operation not permitted"

Hello all.. I have a slink box up and running pretty well with the exception of dhcp. The purpose of this box is to act as a masquerader / gateway between our lan and our cable modem. I originally thought it might be a hardware problem, but I was able to switch which NIC was configured for