Public bug reported: $ uname -a Linux pc-0707-007 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness 0 Ihave 4GB of RAM and with program using 1.5GB of RAM, the kernel decides that even with swappines set to 0 it should swap to disk and not free some MBs from the 2.5GB of RAM allocated to buffers. This makes impossible to work with a desktop cause the disk is thrashing all the time, mouse and GUI is unresponsive and I have to hard-reset. There is NO program eating memory, the most RAM-hungry program in my installation is evolution wich is using, according to "ps", about 150MB of RSS. Disabling/enabling swap as per https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq#head- b179a5c0d7df0ab7d0ea1d58caaa47c7a5f8ab0e is not a viable workaround ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: kernel ram swap -- Machine swaps too much, leaving too much buffers in RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567327 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
