Re: [newbie] Swap file size

2006-10-31 Thread stuart bell
Hi, Thanks for the help. With only ffox running one window I get these from 'top' virt 63156 %mem 11 I don't understand this, is virt the swap and %mem ram? ram is 384 so 11% is around 40MB. I often run ffox all day with 2 or 3 tabs open and I don't seem to have had any problem. My old pc had

Re: [newbie] Swap file size

2006-10-31 Thread rikona
On Monday, October 30, 2006, 7:52:19 PM, Cameron MacDonald wrote: CM rikona wrote: CM snip If you use Firefox, you might want to have LOTS of memory available. Firefox is a HUGE memory hog. For example, I now have FF running for about a day, ONE window, only TWO tabs open, and have visited

Re: [newbie] The Re: in subject

2006-10-31 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 10:13, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:40:50 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know about anyone else but I am getting a lot of spam starting with Re: So I wonder if it would help to drop that on our mail list so it doesn't go into

Re: [newbie] The Re: in subject

2006-10-31 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:40:50 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know about anyone else but I am getting a lot of spam starting with Re: So I wonder if it would help to drop that on our mail list so it doesn't go into the spamdrop. Hopefully, Well in this case you could

Re: [newbie] The Re: in subject

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:45:08 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Dennis, Well in this case you could just set a filter that moves/saves Re:[newbie] messages before your other gets a hold of it. Easier than changing old habits. Duh, hadn't thought of that. I set another

Re: [newbie] The Re: in subject

2006-10-31 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:59:08 + Brad Rogers got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: This suggests that you're filtering on the Subject header, which is fine, bu there are better options. For example, the List-Id header, or the X-Been-There header, if they exist. Jeez, just let

[newbie] slocate question

2006-10-31 Thread grumpypenguin
when I try to do a updatedb update-menus = [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]# updatedb update-menus /usr/bin/slocate: option requires an argument -- l [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]# = any idea what I'm doing wrong ? OS Mandriva free 2007

Re: [newbie] Swap file size

2006-10-31 Thread rikona
On Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 1:01:57 PM, Miark wrote: M On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:37:00 -0800, rikona wrote: Typically, if I use it more, it will eventually use up all memory and crash. I enlarged my swap space [1G] and added more memory [1G], and that postpones the FF crash - but does NOT

Re: [newbie] slocate question

2006-10-31 Thread John Rye
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:47:12 -0700 grumpypenguin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I try to do a updatedb update-menus = [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]# updatedb update-menus /usr/bin/slocate: option requires an argument -- l [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]#

Re: [newbie] slocate question

2006-10-31 Thread Miark
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:47:12 -0700, grumpypenguin wrote: when I try to do a updatedb update-menus = [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]# updatedb update-menus /usr/bin/slocate: option requires an argument -- l [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]#

Re: [newbie] slocate question

2006-10-31 Thread Ben
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 20:47, grumpypenguin Climbed A Telegraph Pole and Clicked: when I try to do a updatedb update-menus = [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumpy]# updatedb update-menus /usr/bin/slocate: option requires an argument -- l [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [newbie] Swap file size

2006-10-31 Thread Miark
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:12:18 -0800, rikona wrote: Perhaps you could help with a test... My computer never stays on for more than a few days. And even if it did, - I - wouldn't be able to endure such a test! 300 pages? Who in the world needs 300 pages open? True. Only a modest number of people