Re: v2.1.93 dies as v2.1.92 (16MB ram)
Greg Lee (lee@hawaii.edu)
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 09:37:22 -1000
> Hi!
>
> > I started X, put top in one window, and tried
> > compiling a file in another window. Locked up
> > just like 2.1.92, only a little faster. I was
> > able to see in the brief few seconds before
> > death that the cached memory reported by top
> > went down from 4 megs to 2 megs. After normal
> > sounding disk activity as the compile started,
> > the sound of the disk settled into a grind-grind-
> > pause1sec-grind-grind-... rhythm.
>
> Hmm, try to renice kswapd into normal priority. Also, you might want
> to give bdflush realtime priority so you are able to cleanly
> unmount. Please let me know if it helps.
>
> Pavel
I reniced kswapd from -12 to 0. It helped a lot. I got through
the compile with no problem. Same conditions as before. I haven't
yet gone on to put heavier loads on yet ...
For whatever interest it may have, I've got:
K6-233, TXPro motherboard (PCI IDE not correctly
initialized), sound modules: sb, opl3fm, uart401, adlib_card
(apparently loaded ok), 128MB swap partition, ...
-- Greg, lee@.Hawaii.edu
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