Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps

From: Mike A. Harris (mharris@opensourceadvocate.org)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 19:27:44 EST


On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, android wrote:

>associated with that mindset that made Microsoft such a [fill in the blank].
>As for the 2.4 VM problem, what are you doing with your machine that's
>making it use up so much memory? I have several processes running
>on mine all the time, including a slew in X, and I have yet to see
>significant swap activity.

Try _compiling_ XFree86. Watch the machine nosedive.

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