On 9/15/06, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 15/09/06, Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As a last-resort fall-back line before system crash - maybe consider using > > dynamic swap space allocators like swapd or swapspace: > > > > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/swapd > > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/swapspace > > > > If we have 3 GB or so of memory, then I don't suppose we'll need more swap. 1. I got the impression from your ogirinal post that the root cause for the reboot was running out of memory. Isn't it so? 2. I suggested this as an extra precaution to be used when the only other option is for the system to give up and start killing processes or generally go south.
Actually, AFAIK the problem is that for some obscure reason, the oom-killer goes into a killing spree (mumbling something along the lines of "oom verry angry... wannttt moooore HighMemmm..." ;-) ) when physical memory becomes full, without even starting to fill the swap. See e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01527.html Maybe what we need is upgrades to the kernel or related packages, rather than the swapd thingies. Previous suggestions (originally by Tzafrir, I think) to increase the swap on eskimo caused objections on the Iglu-web list. I even got (what was probably intended as) a flame-ish reply from Guy for merely asking clarifications about his previous swap-related comment. (p.s. Guy: I take your suggestion to go read the memory management kernel sources as a serious recommendation - but, unfortunately, I still haven't got around to do it) AA ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
