[Sheflug] Looks like swap memory hassles

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Here's a chunk of my logs...

Aug 25 22:35:22 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
modemlights_app... 
Aug 25 22:35:22 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nsd... 
Aug 25 22:35:22 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for gpm... 
Aug 25 22:37:08 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
mixer_applet... 
Aug 25 22:37:08 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
magicdev... 
Aug 25 22:37:08 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
syslogd... 
Aug 25 22:37:10 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
oracle... 
Aug 25 22:37:10 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
oracle... 
Aug 25 22:37:10 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for nsd... 
Aug 25 22:37:10 flux kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for
panel... 

 These errors are happening regularly, with a slow down in the system
(mouse pointer locking etc) for a short period.

 It looks like the kernel is having trouble with swap memory...am I
right? How do I fix it?

 I'm running kernel 2.2.16 (patched with the combo patch from
linux.org.uk), 192Mb physical memory, and around 1Gb of swap memory
(because of Oracle), evenly split across two disks.

 Baz.
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