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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-box stopping services
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:28:25
Message-Id: A0B6C9AA-0D12-46C0-8C67-C74C1C0A4085@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-box stopping services by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On 22 Apr 2010, at 17:24, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
2
3 > Am 22.04.2010 17:50, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
4 >
5 >>> Shouldn't the kernel *swap* then ?
6 >>
7 >> No, the OOM killer kicks in when the kernel has no more virtual
8 >> memory,
9 >> including swap. Either way, more RAM is the answer. Or fidn the app
10 >> with the
11 >> memory leak if you are unlucky enough to have one of those running
12 >> around.
13 >
14 > The added swapfile with one GB won't help here for a start?
15
16 Yes, it will. If it's running out of RAM+swap, then more swap will help.
17
18 Stroller.

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