Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Dec 2005 13:54:18 +0100 | From | Trilight <> | Subject | 2.6.14.5 / swapping / killing random apps |
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Hiya all,
I was wondering about the following;
kernel: 2.6.14.5 / vanilla
If a system with say a swap of 2GB on a fast drive and like 260MB is actively used for swapping, could it cause certain applications to crash ? I noticed that the when swapping occurs, usualy above 200MB then random apps start to crash. Sometimes gnome-terminal, gnome-panel, xchat, metacity and so on. It happens a few times in usually 48 hours.
The system has 512MB ram, ECC , checked and cleared. The system can be booted with m$ xp or freebsd but crashes do not occur even under heavy load. So that's why i'm thinking something is causing this behaviour in linux. I also have to say that dmcrypt was used for the swap but that caused the crashes to increase, so dmcrypt is not used anymore just a normal swap and crashes decreased to "rare" within 24 hours.
Or is it "normal" that the crash risk of running apps increases the more swapping is done ?
I plan to upgrade the memory to 1.5GB anyway, but this issue is kinda bothering me.
Thanks in advance for any input !
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