Re: [ilugd] Optimum usage of my RAM

2005-05-28 Thread T.Meyarivan
Why is swap being used when my RAM is free? How can i make my Linux use my RAM instead of swap, so i can utilize thats being left idle (remaining 100 megs of RAM). lookup discussions around /proc/sys/vm/swappiness (especially if you are using 2.6.x - the discussions will point you to similar

[ilugd] CVS related issue

2005-05-28 Thread Aman Sharma
Hi all, I have been using CVS for version control and for a particular repository I am able to grant read or write permissions to different users depending upon their CVS logins. But I wanna ask whether it is feasible to give different permissions to a particular cvs user for

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2005-05-28 Thread manish jha
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Re: [ilugd] Optimum usage of my RAM

2005-05-28 Thread Mayank Jain
Hi, On 5/28/05, T.Meyarivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is swap being used when my RAM is free? How can i make my Linux use my RAM instead of swap, so i can utilize thats being left idle (remaining 100 megs of RAM). lookup discussions around /proc/sys/vm/swappiness (especially if you

Re: [ilugd] Optimum usage of my RAM

2005-05-28 Thread Ankit Malik
I have read an article which said something similar, but nothing much changed. I tried decreasing swappiness to 10, but experienced little changes. hmmm...Maku can you elaborate how you got the job done??? I could do with some changes, even though they may be little. Another *drastic*

Re: [ilugd] Optimum usage of my RAM

2005-05-28 Thread Raj Shekhar
Ankit Malik wrote: I have read an article which said something similar, but nothing much changed. I tried decreasing swappiness to 10, but experienced little changes. hmmm...Maku can you elaborate how you got the job done??? I could do with some changes, even though they may be little.

[ilugd] Update on lug-delhi.org companion site

2005-05-28 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Hi everyone! The unofficial ILUGD companion site lug-delhi.org has been reorganised. As you can see from http://www.lug-delhi.org, the site has a new look with three distinct sections: 1. The wiki based knowledge base where anybody can contribute. 2. The forums, which act as a web based gateway

Re: [ilugd] Optimum usage of my RAM

2005-05-28 Thread Mayank Jain
Ankit, On 5/28/05, Ankit Malik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question...what happens if I dont have swap space and i run out of ram? does the system hangs/locks or it waits for space to be emptied out? Just now, minutes before, I was emerging k3d (not k3b) on one tty, top was running on