Hi Steve, In my experience a limit at 512 MB is too low anyhow.
If a limit needs to be fixed it should be at least 10024 MB and not less. About pre allocation : instead of giving the zram devices 50% of the total amount RAM provided by the hardware, 25% would be a good number, which is what the developer of the compcache project advised. Here is the wiki, http://code.google.com/p/compcache/w/list here are benchmarks, http://code.google.com/p/compcache/w/list?can=2&q=25%25 here on eeepc with Ubuntu, back in 2011: http://code.google.com/p/compcache/wiki/Eeepc701 (Ubuntu was using 25% of the available ram for the zram module). I have put test versions of Ubuntu Precise remixes with compache enabled and not limited in them. I have installed the bigger (a version setup fully up to date, with Openbox and a panel of applications) to a T30 IBM Thinkpad having 512 MB RAM. The only annoyance I met with have been the kernel swapping while less than half of the physical memory was yet used, which I fixed by configuring swappiness in the sysctl.conf file (for this annoyance I don't know what should be done : seek for bug reports at kernel.org maybe ?) Could this bug report be reopened, and a request to raise the limit RAM considered ? Thanks, Mélodie -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095154 Title: initramfs-tools: ZRAM is not used in Live CD's if the machine has more than 512 MB RAM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1095154/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
