Hello,
Try running the Together UML tool and the AdventNet SNMP toolkit at the same
time. They are both java apps.. We use these at work where we have by default
256Mb RAM and a 128Mb swap partition. I have created a couple of swap files
amounting to about 350Mb. These two apps. will easily go over the 256Mb RAM +
128Mb swap when running gnome on Enlightenment on X. Run a couple of emacs,
Mozilla (plus Netscape to cope when Moz fails to render or crashes !), gFTP, a
couple of Xterms, a couple of gmc's and then kick of StarOffice to complete some
documentation which has to be presented in Word .doc format and don't
forget all the daemons in the background (smb, nfs etc.) then voila ! Which is
why I have an extra 300Mb swapfile(s). I consider this to be lightly loaded
for a typical working scenario, dont' you :-)
Plus, Linux doesn't handle running out of memory very gracefully. You can get to
tell when it's about to happen and, if you act quickly enough, you can save the
situation. If you leave it too long your machine will effectively freeze !
So there ! ( ;-) )
Owen
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, you wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:56:57PM
+0200, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > > You _must_ be kidding!!! 512Mb + 256 swap
(yeah yeah, 256Mb swap is too > > small, but for a box that normally only has
128Mb it's fine) is clearly >
> Sorry? How loaded is your box? Normally 256 MB for swap is way more than
> enough. I get around here perfectly fine with 128 MB of swap, and the swap
> normally isn't even half full. Sure, I'm the only one at my machine,
> besides some sporadic ftp/http users, but for that kind of use (which
> includes compiling) more isn't needed.
>
> Alexander Skwar
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