> > You may need to confirm this. Otherwise, you might want to > > increase the swap partition size. > > Another option would be to use swap files. > http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/x1790.html > > I haven't tried it personally, so YMMV. > > > The whole twice the amount of RAM you > > have is a rule of thumb. If you do not expect to be swapping much, i.e., > > you are not doing any intensive graphics work, then you will hardly use > > your swap anyway. > > That is a very general statement that is wrong in a lot of cases. > If he does not do anything too intensive I am sure 502MB is enough swap. Depends on configuration I suppose.