On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ricardo Denis wrote:
> hi,
>
> is it normal for the swap file to grow and grow? my swap partition is 64
> megabytes and after about 15 days it fills up completely at which time i
> have to reboot my system or else it slows to a crawl and functions
> abnormally. i use SuSE 6.3 with the kernel and glibc that comes stock with
> the distribution. any guidance is appreciated.
>
> rick
What do you mean it grows in size, ? your swapfile or what you see with "free".?
If it brings your system to a crawl, then you possably have a program running
that is leaking memory. Normally one should not have this problem with a
standard kernel and normal programs installed from your source medium.
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