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 http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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