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To: gentoo-server@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Processes Swapped Out?
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:15:00
Message-Id: 5.1.0.14.2.20031016151359.05510010@mail.commpartners.com
1 At 05:22 PM 10/16/2003 +0100, you wrote:
2 >[snip]
3 >
4 > > I realize processes can be swapped in and out as necessary. But I did not
5 > > expect a server coming up under no load to display this. I don't see this
6 > > behavior on my Redhat severs. This sever has 512 MB of RAM. top shows
7 > > about 62 MB of RAM used and all but one process is sleeping.
8 > >
9 > > Using 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 kernel.
10 > >
11 > > Is this normal behavior for Gentoo? Or did I miss something in setup?
12 >
13 >Try using a saner kernel. I'm not the biggest fan of the present
14 >gentoo-sources.
15 --Kerin
16
17 A different kernel sounds like a reasonable thing to try. This is my
18 first Gentoo install so I followed the path of least resistance as outlined
19 in the install docs. Now that I have looked, I see there is choice of a
20 lot of kernel sources.
21
22 -Karl

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