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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:41:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mirror Beastie <rudi@askas.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: swap space problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161640490.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <364FE9ED.2F9D0DE9@askas.co.za>

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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Mirror Beastie wrote:

> I am getting max swap utilisation on two of my freebsd machines.  
> both are 486s here are the details (both kernels are standard -
> generic with excess removed )
> 
> freebsd 2.2.6 32mb ram dx4 running x (fvwm2) and several netscape
> communicator 4.04 browsers my 50 mb swap slowly fills up after a
> couple days - a reboot removes the symptom shutting down netscape
> frees up all but a couple of megs.  Things are much worse if i run a
> couple of mirrors. swap get full quicker

That will do it.  82MB of VM isn't really enough for X + several
Netscapes.  Netscape is a memory hog.

Next install give yourself at least 100MB of swap.  You can never have too
much swap and this comes from experience!

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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