Re: 2.2.9 swaps a lot

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17 May 1999 07:43:19 -0000

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Giuliano Pochini writes:
> It seems that this behaviour started with v.2.2.7. For example I
> noticed
> that linux swaps even if there still is a lot of free memory !! When I
> play CD tracks stored on my HD, buffer entry increases until it fills
> all
> available memory, then it start swapping.
> Strange. IMHO it's a bug.
>

Same behaviour here and it's also in 2.3.2. On a 128 MB machine that
almost never used swap before.

Lieven

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