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Michael Mol writes: |
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> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> |
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> wrote: |
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> > Dale writes: |
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> >> Is there a way to find out what is using swap? Maybe something |
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> >> related to the video is on swap which at times can be slow, |
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> >> certainly slower than ram. |
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> >> I have always wondered how to find this out myself. |
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> > Me too, so when I had this sudden swap problem for the first time, I |
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> > searched for a method to do this and found a script here: |
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> > http://northernmost.org/blog/find-out-what-is-using-your-swap/ |
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> > There's lots of information for all processes in /proc/<pid>/. Trying |
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> > to read /proc/<pid>/mem (I think it was this file) in mc was not such |
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> > a good idea, the system froze with lots of HD activity, and after |
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> > half an hour I rebooted with Alt-SysRq-{K,E,I,S,U,B}. |
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> > I improved the script a little, it allows sorting by PID, size and |
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> > name, and can restrict the output to specific processes or show only |
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> > those using more swap than specified. If interested you can download |
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> > it here: http://www.wonkology.org/utils/getswap |
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> > You need to be root to see processes you do not own. |
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> > But of course, I forgot to run it after the sudden swap problem |
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> > happened lately. So I still do not know what was going on there. I'll |
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> > wait for the next time it happens. |
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> > Wonko |
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> sys-process/htop |
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Huh? I only see the total amount of swap being used, but no entry per |
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process. |
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Wonko |
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