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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 > (especiall

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 *drast

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 m

[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

Re: [ilugd] Optimum usage of my RAM

2005-05-28 Thread Ankit Malik
> > > Just now, minutes before, I was emerging k3d (not k3b) on one tty, top > was running on another & i was logged into Gnome 2.10. emerging k3d > took my load averages to nearly 19, after which my PC froze (god knows > how high it would have went!). It returned back with a crashed X, > i386-pc