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Everything Else => General Support and Discussion => Zaurus General Forums => Archived Forums => Software => Topic started by: xamindar on May 28, 2006, 07:38:37 pm
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I got a package here:
http://www.iaccarino.de/silvio/zaurusstuff.htm (http://www.iaccarino.de/silvio/zaurusstuff.htm)
It is supposed to make and mount a swap file when the memory gets to a certain point. It appears to be loaded and it creates the directory to put the swap files in (/mnt/card/swap) but it isn't making any swap files. I checked the config file (/etc/swapd.conf) and it is pointing to my mkswap program. So I don't know what the problem could be.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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I did use that package in the past with mixed results. I don't recall the details of the config (/etc/swapd.conf, I think?), but the swap files are created as programs request more memory than available. So, the situation you describe seems normal.
I originally installed it to be able to run ethereal, which needed 80MB free to start-up. Swapd did allow me to run it, so it worked as advertised. In your case, you could try to run opera and open lots of windows.
Now I have a 6GB microdrive, so I just created a permanent swap partition and uninstalled swapd.
Good luck!
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That's what I did. I opened up every program on my zaurus until it started poping up that window asking me to close some programs. In the swapd.conf fime it is supposed to create a swap file and mount it when there is less than 16mb of memory free. I had like 6mb free and it didnt work.
What do you mean you had mixed results? Does that mean it didn't work part of the time?
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That's what I did. I opened up every program on my zaurus until it started poping up that window asking me to close some programs. In the swapd.conf fime it is supposed to create a swap file and mount it when there is less than 16mb of memory free. I had like 6mb free and it didnt work.
What do you mean you had mixed results? Does that mean it didn't work part of the time?
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huh. It worked fine for me. there was something about wanting a directory for the swapfiles, though... I can't quite remeber. Maybe you'll see an error message along those lines?
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That's what I did. I opened up every program on my zaurus until it started poping up that window asking me to close some programs. In the swapd.conf fime it is supposed to create a swap file and mount it when there is less than 16mb of memory free. I had like 6mb free and it didnt work.
What do you mean you had mixed results? Does that mean it didn't work part of the time?
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By mixed results, I mean it seems to work as intended, but, as in your experience, sometimes it seems like there's something wrong. It just seems clumsy and overcomplicated for the task.
The microdrive/swap partition setup, on the other hand, just works. No "out of memory" popup window.
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Cool, I think I got it working. I set the swap location to /hdd3/swap. It always keeps at least one swap mounted though. Is there any way to get it to unmount all swap partitions when I don't need them?
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It seems to work, it just doesn't start up when the zaurus boots. I guess it's no biggie. I just wonder why. Which run level is the default? Is it rc5?