From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 28 16:17:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA25487 for current-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:17:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from compaq.parker.boston.ma.us (bparker.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.88.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25468 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:17:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad@parker.boston.ma.us) Received: from sparc (sparc [204.253.111.2]) by compaq.parker.boston.ma.us (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA18210; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 20:34:39 -0500 Received: by sparc (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA25570; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:16:46 -0500 Received: from compaq.parker.boston.ma.us by sparc (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA25561; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:16:39 -0500 Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by compaq.parker.boston.ma.us (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA18207 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 20:34:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA24310; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:16:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.6); Wed, 28 Jan 1998 16:14:38 -0800 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) 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" 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 To: pager@mail.parker.boston.ma.us From: owner-freebsd-current@parker.boston.ma.us 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.