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SubjectRe: [swsusp] not enough memory
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Hi Richard.

On Saturday 18 February 2006 09:58, Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> On my 64MB notebook I get the following message, when going swsusp:
>
> ..
> swsusp: Need to copy 15526 pages
> swsusp: Not enough free memory
> Error -12 suspending
> ..
>
> # free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 62760 59884 2876 0 3828 16052
> -/+ buffers/cache: 40004 22756
> Swap: 200804 30316 170488
>
> If I end all apps but the XServer it works. I've allready added some
> more swapspace, but that didn't help. So, how much memory will I need
> for a successful suspend or better (since i can't stuff any more into
> it) is there a way to minimize the amount needed?

swsusp needs to be able to free half your memory to be able to suspend. I
don't know it intimately, but you may well be failing to do this. Being
completely biased (and not unwilling to admit it!), I'd suggest you try
Suspend2 (www.suspend2.net). It doesn't have such a limitation.

Regards,

Nigel
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