Re: question about swapped processes

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 12:14:51PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:51:12AM +0200, mickey said that > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > > > i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. > > > but how come i

Re: question about swapped processes

hmm, on Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:51:12AM +0200, mickey said that > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > > i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. > > but how come in one moment 40-50 (out of the total 110-120 processes) > > are "swapped

Re: question about swapped processes

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:37:14AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: > i know ps is only showing what was, or might have been, not what it is.. > but how come in one moment 40-50 (out of the total 110-120 processes) > are "swapped out" and in the next instant none of them? status "swapped out" does no

question about swapped processes

hi there, my tiny server is not a champion when it comes to hardware.. normally it doesn't swap, but recently i have run a ram hungry application and it started swapping. top displays swapped processes nicely, easy to spot. because of its limited dipslay, i had a look at ps's options about showin