Re: Swap Space Not Being Used?

[ronald <rwarsow online de>]

RICHARD wrote:
> I'm using FC4 on a Dell Inspiron 2200 (for over 1 year). OOo has started
> crashing when working with inserting large picture files (although I've
> worked with them in the past without problem). I noticed in xosview that
> the physical memory (0.5GB) quickly goes up near the maximum and then OOo
> exits. I also noticed that the swap space (which I believe is about 1GB)
> always shows exactly zero. (On a 2gb memory dual opteron system, xosview
> reports 845mb.) Shouldn't xosview show some swap space being used?
>
> Any ideas on how I can check on whether swap is being used and/or turn
> sway back on if it is actually not being used?

how much avail/in use:
cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i swap

where and avail:
swapon -sv

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   ronald