Re: [Sheflug] Looks like swap memory hassles

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

 I figure I'll post an update on one of my older threads (at end of
page).

 I had some sort of problem with virtual memory on my RH6.2, running
kernel 2.2.16 (vanilla + Alax Cox's combo patch) and large amounts of
swap (~1Gb).
 I emailled Alan Cox - who suggested I upgrade to 2.2.17pre20 (which has
been submitted to Linus to become 2.2.17) - which doesn't have this
weakness with the VM side of the kernel.

Barrie Bremner wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 


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