Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jul 1997 18:05:36 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: pre-p-2.0.31-2: out of virtual memory |
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Tim Hollebeek wrote: > Kurt Huwig writes ... > > BUT (!) this was running XEmacs, Netscape + Java-Applications altogether, > > i.e. really using the memory. Iff you have some calculating stuff that > > mostly uses localized data, you can easily go with 128MB * 8 swap (maximum > > swap-size is 128MB, but you can use up to 8 partitions). > Programs (like Netscape) that leak horribly can often survive with > small fractions (say 8 MB out of a total of 50 MB) in core, since much > of the memory will never be touched again. If you want to use > Netscape for a long time without quitting and restarting it, you'll > need a decent amount of swap space ... :-)
To add another data point, I'm pretty sure the virtual memory wasn't used up.
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