Re: why swap at all?

From: FabF
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 00:38:42 EST


On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 01:17, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> In article <200406012000.i51K0vor019011@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> > out (unlike some, I don't mind if Mozilla or OpenOffice end up out on
> > disk after extended inactivity - but if my window manager gets swapped
> > out, I get peeved when focus-follows-mouse doesn't and my typing goes
> > into the wrong window or some such... ;)
>
> Yes but: your wm is so often used/activated it will not get swaped out.
> But if your mouse passes over mozilla and tries to focus it, then you will
> feel the pain of a swapped-out x program.
>
Exactly !
Does autoregulated VM swap. patch could help here ?

FabF

> Greetings
> Bernd

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