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> swappiness does not help, if swap is really needed (like when compiling |
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> kdepim). |
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I did not reconize yet that kdepim is that hungry at compile time :). |
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> The 'stupid' thing is, as soon as swap is used, it stays that way, |
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> no matter how many hundred mb of ram are free. |
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The reason for that behaviour is, that in my opinion it would be nonsense to |
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delete things from the swap when there is enough swap space free. But I think |
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you can be sure that if there is enough ram free that the things will also be |
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in the ram again. Things are kept (duplicated) in the swap space if there is |
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enough swap because it's faster when it's necessary to swap out the same |
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things again, I think. |
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That's just a theory. I don't know for sure if I'm right. |
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rgds |
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Bernhar |
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