[H-GEN] Is swap space working?

Peter Kloeckl peterk1 at one.net.au
Sat Apr 21 00:32:12 EDT 2001


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On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:56:12AM +1000, Webmaster wrote:

> I'm having low memory problems and am using kpm to monitor memory use (see
> below for machine configuration). The indicator for swap space (presumably the
> HDD swap partition) always shows zero (0k used), and I'm wondering why.
> 
> Is this because:
>   1. Swap is always empty when kpm is in use?
>   2. It's not monitoring the swap partition, but something else?
>   3. The swap partition is inactive or unavailable?
>   4. There's a bug in kpm?
>   5. Something else ...
> 
> During boot, a message is printed saying "swap space enabled".
> 
> Configuration: Pentium166, 32MB RAM, 32MB swap partition, Linux 2.2, KDE
> desktop.
> 
> Any suggestions much appreciated.
> 
> Carl Adams.

Try checking your swap space from the console/xterm, using "top" and 
"cat /proc/swaps" ...

Peter

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