Mostly so when I switch to a different application, maybe on a different page of the FVWM desktop, it isn't sitting there swapped out and it's responsive. I've usually got 20 or more applications open at once (most just RXVT windows) and reboot about once a week. If I invest in RAM I expect it to get used. Seems like Linux and FreeBSD are better about this but I don't use them often. Now I've got 864 free, 25 swapped out (restarted Firefox).
On 5/27/14, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Alan Corey <alan01...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Several hours ago I edited a few big images in The Gimp so there was >>> some swapping. I still have about 60 megs swapped out even though >>> I've got 600 megs of RAM free. I've seen this before, sometimes it'll >>> stay swapped out overnight until I reboot to clear it. The Gimp was >>> closed hours ago. >>> >>> Is there any command to cause the swap system to do a HUP or something >>> to re-evaluate the situation? >>> >> > [Stupid gmail control-enter] > > If the data has remained swapped out, it's because it hasn't been needed > yet. Perhaps its the process memory for a daemon which isn't being > connected to and doesn't need to do anything. Why would you *want* to swap > that in? > > > Philip Guenther > -- Credit is the root of all evil. - AB1JX
