the browser and ukplayer seem to be more stable when i set
echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
my question is how do i set swappiness permanent

I'd guess it has a hardcoded initial value in the kernel. I'd use a script under the /etc/rcX.d/ directories to echo your new swapiness value into the sysfs entry when the device boots (changes runlevel to be exact).


Simon

thanks for the info lardman. it took me a while to get it, rc2.d being the proper directory. anyway after runing kauga and a samba client and the browser for hours and hours without a crash i am convinced setting swappiness to 100 is the answer to everything short of world hunger

while i could google it, what does said setting really do?

my understanding is a higher number shows a preferance of swapping over killing cache when more memory is needed. it can be set from 1 to 100.