On Jan 2, 2008 9:42 AM, mary tabucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i see.. so when does my machine normally use the swap? Does my machine make > use of it when my RAM gets full, am i getting it right?
Yup, you're doing it right. :D You can check if swap is enabled and used by looking at the output of `swapon -s'. Typically swap gets used even if RAM isn't fully used up when memory-intensives like Firefox make use of the swap to store not-so-frequently accessed media. Also, if you're using a tmpfs partition (like having it on /tmp,) swap can be used in the same way as RAM. Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
