Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:26:42 -0800 From: Nesi Unanaowo <nesi_unanaowo@net.com> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap space problem Message-ID: <36D5C012.A020CF21@net.com> References: <199902251903.OAA03823@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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"Crist J. Clark" wrote:
> Nesi Unanaowo wrote,
> > Hi,
> > I keep getting this message when in the X window environment.
> >
> > /kernl:swap_pager:out of swap space
> >
> > As a result the system grinds to a halt and i have to exit from X to
> > prevent the system from hanging. This is a standalone Pentium II
> > (350 MhZ) 128MB ram and 120MB of device swap. There are no jobs
> > running on my system. I am running FreeBSD 3.0
>
> This should not be using up that much swap space. This may be a sign
> something else is wrong. What is running? What is the output of
> 'ps aux'?
>
> That said, you probably should have more swap.
>
> > How do i add more swap space to my system? Although, i would think that
> > there was no need for this at this time. I did try to use "mkfile" but
> > it does
> > not seem to be supported.
>
> Three basic ways to add swap (off the top of my head),
>
> 1) Add a new device with more swap.
>
> 2) Reconfigure (repartiton) and existing device to change swap size or
> add new swap.
>
> 3) Swap from a vnode device.
>
> Since you were using 'mkfile' I assume you were trying to do (3). You
> can use 'dd' to write a file for the job.
>
> HTH. And I just did (2) Tuesday if you prefer that method.
> --
> Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com
1) nothing is running on the system. 'ps aux' shows nothing unusual.
this problem only happens in X window environment.
2) regarding adding a new swap device, i don't have any available partition
on
the disk. that is why i want to add a swap file. i do have enough disk
space
in /export/home partition. i figure that i can't use 'mkfile' to add a
swap file.
3) my question is: how do i add swap file in FreeBSD?. in solaris i would
have done this:
mkfile -v 300m /export/home/some_swap_file
then i would enable swap thus:
swap -a /export/home/some_swap_file
how do i accomplish the same in FreeBSD?
TIA
-Nesi
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