Re: Memory leak in 1.2.6?
Joe Piche writes: -> I have a big problem with the latest debian distribution (2.6?). -> I find that it will begin to swap like crazy after awhile. -> This problem was not in the debian I was running before. -> -> My system is a: -> 486 SX/25, 4 MB ram, 645 MB maxtor ESDI drive w/ Ultrastor 12F -> controller, CGA vid, and a Novell ne-2000 Plus-3 ethernetcard.The swap -> is 20 MB. 4M is a bit lean for a modern system. The kernel is probably 1M+, and that's all unswappable, which leaves 3M or less for daemons and other programs. dselect takes up 1.2M when it's first started up, and probably more if you're doing any work at all. One thing that might help is compiling your own kernel and configuring it to include exactly what you need, but I'd recommend getting at least another 4M if you want to do anything useful with your machine. -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ Life is too important to take seriously. -- Corky Siegel -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Memory leak in 1.2.6?
I have a big problem with the latest debian distribution (2.6?). I find that it will begin to swap like crazy after awhile. I had this problem in 1.2.5 as well. It would begin to swap, even while sitting in a tty screen, running nothing. I had installed nothing but the base disks. I have not had that happen yet in a tty, but it has happened in dselect. I did another re-install after that because it wouldn't boot anymore, and I really hadn't done much anyways. Considering the disk thrashing I am hearing now, it looks like it is ready to do it all over again. Swap..Swap.. Unable to get free page.. etc etc etc This problem was not in the debian I was running before. My system is a: 486 SX/25, 4 MB ram, 645 MB maxtor ESDI drive w/ Ultrastor 12F controller, CGA vid, and a Novell ne-2000 Plus-3 ethernetcard.The swap is 20 MB. The only thing I am going to try is up'ing it to 20 mb o ram, and see if that makes a difference. But that likely won't fix the problem, just give it more room. Why is it abusing the swap file so badly in dselect? Thanks -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]