Re: v2.1.93 dies as v2.1.92 (16MB ram)

Pavel Machek (pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:58:14 +0200


Hi!

> I started X, put top in one window, and tried
> compiling a file in another window. Locked up
> just like 2.1.92, only a little faster. I was
> able to see in the brief few seconds before
> death that the cached memory reported by top
> went down from 4 megs to 2 megs. After normal
> sounding disk activity as the compile started,
> the sound of the disk settled into a grind-grind-
> pause1sec-grind-grind-... rhythm.

Hmm, try to renice kswapd into normal priority. Also, you might want
to give bdflush realtime priority so you are able to cleanly
unmount. Please let me know if it helps.

Pavel

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