On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 12:34 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > Alan M. Evans wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 09:24 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > >> Mem: 482776k total, 475472k used, 7304k free, 29076k buffers > >> Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 163588k cached > > > > [...] > > > >> This means it was using the swap partition on the hard drive. > > > > What swap partition? Your system doesn't have any swap(?!?). > > > > Your memory usage is almost completely saturated and you have *NO* swap > > to fall back on. If it hasn't already then you're kernel freemem killer > > is very soon going to start cutting the legs from beneath random > > programs all over your process list. > > > > > Alan please explain why 163588k cached Swap drive is not enough? That cached amount is from your used Mem. You have *no* swap: 0k total.
