On Wednesday 31 March 2010 12:03:05 zzflop wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 04:56:04PM +0800, liu bo wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Could anybody tell me whether the SWAP space of my computer is used? > > > > According to the information below, > > > > Swap: 307192k total, 0k used > > > > VIRT SWAP RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > 693m 657m 35m 8780 S 0 2.0 0:51.46 X > > > > I don't know how to explain the two conflicted data above. > > My default top command doesn't show the SWAP field, but I > read the man page to see how to toggle it and I also have > entries in the SWAP field with the upper "0k used". I don't > know the reason for it, but am curious about the diff too.
I believe the SWAP column only displays the swappable memory chunk, not actual swapped memory. If you disable swap using "swapoff -a" you will see the SWAP column in top still contains the same values. Regards, Danny. > > I rarely show anything in the upper entry except when > playing video files. > > Mike H. > _-_-_-_ -- In theorie is er geen verschil tussen theorie en praktijk. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
