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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Psion on August 17, 2005, 11:55:15 am

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: Psion on August 17, 2005, 11:55:15 am

I've noticed each time I'm using my wireless CF and browsing with Opera, I get a pop-up that says I don't have enought memory and I should close a program.  But rarely do I have a pogram running, other than opera.

What can I do?

Also, I've noticed some posts mentioning symlinks to the SD of programs that should be installed on the internal mem.  How would I go about that?  That may solve my surfing issue, too.

Thanks for the assistance.

Psion

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: bgsfh on August 17, 2005, 03:23:41 pm

I solved this problem by setting up a swapfile.  

The easiest way to do this is to install and use the Qswap program.

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: Cyril92 on August 18, 2005, 07:50:23 am

Probably, You can disable the 'Fast Load' from some programs

(Option from some programs like hancom... addressbook ... when you hold and tap on it)

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: Psion on August 18, 2005, 02:12:58 pm

bgsfh:

Thanks for the info.  I installed qswap, generated a swapfile on my SD, but when I hit "swapfile on" I get a popup saying swap can't be activated.  

Any ideas?

The easiest way to do this is to install and use the Qswap program.
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Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: bluedevils on August 18, 2005, 04:46:55 pm

You could always do it "by hand".

zug.org how-tos (https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Creating_a_Swap_File)

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: Psion on August 18, 2005, 05:00:25 pm

bluedevils:

Hey, thanks for the direction.  I'll give it a try.

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: deluxe on January 11, 2006, 01:32:35 pm

I believe qswap can only be installed in main memory?? If not, try a reinstallation.

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: lardman on January 12, 2006, 07:01:51 am

Assuming you're using the Sharp 3.10 image, your /home will be mounted in the ramfs partition, you'll find you get better performance by creating the swapfile there, assuming you have the space.

Si

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: DaemonsGR on January 12, 2006, 07:53:57 am

I your CF formated in ext2?

Title: Low Mem When Online
Post by: craigtyson on January 12, 2006, 12:01:38 pm

On a 5500 its best to use "RAM" for swap this will save you burning out your SD or CF cards.