Thread: Ramzez 0.0.2, compcache manager
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2010-02-01 , 12:42
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#95
Originally Posted by tso View Post
cranked it up to half ram now, no extra swap file, seems to work somewhat better.

there is a gui program that allows one to select a percentage of ram one want to use. Options are 10, 20, 25, 30, 50.
Ah, I understand now. Anyway, keep in mind that those aren't %RAM to use, but uncompressed swap size expressed as %RAM, so 50% is 64MB swap size (n810 has 128MB) which really uses about 20 MB RAM.
The "crashes" were caused by the linux kernel killing processes because running out of memory. You had only 13MB uncompressed (10%) of swap, so any memory hungry program you ran and BAM!, out of memory.
I recomend you adding a 64 MB swap file, since ramzswap also consumes memory and reduces available ram, and in my usage experience it is easy to start using those additional 64MB (running mediabox, tear and a couple of xterm is enough)