From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 28 16:14:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA22430 for current-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:14:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA22425 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:14:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01325; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:14:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199801290014.TAA01325@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: swap_pager: suggest more swap space: 126 MB In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980128223609.008579f0@scotty.masternet.it> from Gianmarco Giovannelli at "Jan 28, 98 10:36:09 pm" To: gmarco@scotty.masternet.it (Gianmarco Giovannelli) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:14:17 -0500 (EST) Cc: mcdougall@ameritech.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Gianmarco Giovannelli said: > At 03:55 PM 28-01-98 -0500, Adam McDougall wrote: > >I keep getting this message one or two times a day, on both my -current > >systems, one a few days old build and the other a few weeks old. It > >does not seem to be true, since when I check my Swap when that message > >is reported, I always have plenty free.. I did not get this message > >before the code for insufficient swap was added... When I have 64 megs > >of ram, do I really need 126mb swap when I rarely dip more than 10 megs > >into swap? The systems are used for personal use, one runs X, one > >doesnt. One is P120, 64mb edo, 50 some megs swap, slow scsi drives, the > >other is p233mmx, 64mb sdram, 74M swap, EIDE hd. WOuld any other > >details he helpful? Thanks in advance. > > I think it is Netscape 4.04 that suggests it ... > It happens to me too.. > You can ignore the message, but it is meant to be remind you that the system might fail unnecessarily. The system is evaluating that swap requirements might be greater than available swap space. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.