It may be a rant, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a real problem and can't be fixed. It totally *is* actionable. For example if the problem is due to X or Gnome being swapped out, surely there is a way to protect them from being swapped.
I could find anything in /proc/<pid>/ to do this, or on Google (although a few other people have asked), so it will require a kernel patch. Something like oom_adj, but swap_adj, or a per-process version of swapoff(). This IS fixable. Swapping out the critical user-interaction programs that would allow the user to kill the offending process is clearly a bug. -- Desktop completely unresponsive on low memory due to stupid swapping. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668050 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
