Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:14:17 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: gmarco@scotty.masternet.it (Gianmarco Giovannelli) Cc: mcdougall@ameritech.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap_pager: suggest more swap space: 126 MB Message-ID: <199801290014.TAA01325@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980128223609.008579f0@scotty.masternet.it> from Gianmarco Giovannelli at "Jan 28, 98 10:36:09 pm"
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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 <potential> 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.
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