Re: Getting unswapped?

2014-05-27 Thread bodie
On 27.05.2014 07:33, Alan Corey wrote: Mostly so when I switch to a different application, maybe on a different page of the FVWM desktop, it isn't sitting there swapped out and it's responsive. I've usually got 20 or more applications open at once (most just RXVT windows) and reboot about once

Re: Getting unswapped?

2014-05-27 Thread Brett Lymn
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 08:04:54AM +0200, bodie wrote: Setting swappiness to 0 helps more, but then why is that parameter here at all? Why Linux is swapping most used pages even as there's plenty of free RAM and cache is total mystery. because it is doing exactly what you asked it to

Re: Getting unswapped?

2014-05-27 Thread bodie
On 27.05.2014 08:10, Brett Lymn wrote: On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 08:04:54AM +0200, bodie wrote: Setting swappiness to 0 helps more, but then why is that parameter here at all? Why Linux is swapping most used pages even as there's plenty of free RAM and cache is total mystery. because it is

Getting unswapped?

2014-05-26 Thread Alan Corey
Several hours ago I edited a few big images in The Gimp so there was some swapping. I still have about 60 megs swapped out even though I've got 600 megs of RAM free. I've seen this before, sometimes it'll stay swapped out overnight until I reboot to clear it. The Gimp was closed hours ago. Is

Re: Getting unswapped?

2014-05-26 Thread Philip Guenther
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Alan Corey alan01...@gmail.com wrote: Several hours ago I edited a few big images in The Gimp so there was some swapping. I still have about 60 megs swapped out even though I've got 600 megs of RAM free. I've seen this before, sometimes it'll stay swapped out

Re: Getting unswapped?

2014-05-26 Thread Philip Guenther
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Philip Guenther guent...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Alan Corey alan01...@gmail.com wrote: Several hours ago I edited a few big images in The Gimp so there was some swapping. I still have about 60 megs swapped out even though I've got

Re: Getting unswapped?

2014-05-26 Thread Alan Corey
Mostly so when I switch to a different application, maybe on a different page of the FVWM desktop, it isn't sitting there swapped out and it's responsive. I've usually got 20 or more applications open at once (most just RXVT windows) and reboot about once a week. If I invest in RAM I expect it to