David H. Durgee wrote: > Edward wrote: >> NFN Smith wrote: >> >> >>> I also use Seamonkey on a desktop Linux box of unknown vintage. I >>> bought the base configuration about 11 years ago, and the original >>> configuration was with an AMD Athlon processor. I just upgraded the >>> motherboard and case when the motherboard failed, where the CPU is a >>> little more recent AMD, but definitely older than anything Ryzen. >>> >>> This machine has 8 GB of RAM, and I don't use the browser heavily, but >>> I've never seen memory issues there. >>> >>> Smith >> >> Could be because of the 8Gb memory. Both of my desktops have 3+ Gb >> memory, but the CPU's (both AMD) are somewhat different. >> >> I changed the configuration file to use RAM for the cache, instead of >> the disk, which resulted in nothing noticeably different between the >> two. Once something on the system began to use the Swap partition again, >> performance dropped as it always does when Swap is used. I then changed >> the settings back to the defaults. >> >> I'm still surprised that even when Swap usage was minimal ~5Mb, there >> was still plenty of RAM available to use, which had me thinking why Swap >> was being used at all. >> >> > > There is a "sappiness" parameter that is adjustable in linux, perhaps > you have it set in such a way that it is swapping more that is proper > for your use of the system. > > Looking at my /etc/systolic.conf I see lines: > > # > # Decrease swap usage to a more reasonable level > cm.sappiness > > > > > > > > > > > > =10 > > Dave > > Dave >
AGH! Stupid auto-correct! Here is the proper post: There is a "swappiness" parameter that is adjustable in linux, perhaps you have it set in such a way that it is swapping more that is proper for your use of the system. Looking at my /etc/sysctl.conf I see lines: # # Decrease swap usage to a more reasonable level vm.swappiness=10 Dave _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
