Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265267AbUFAXRM (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:17:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265277AbUFAXRM (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:17:12 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:12433 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265267AbUFAXRI (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:17:08 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: why swap at all? Organization: Deban GNU/Linux Homesite In-Reply-To: <200406012000.i51K0vor019011@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.4-20040225 ("Benbecula") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.5 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:17:06 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 20 In article <200406012000.i51K0vor019011@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> you wrote: > out (unlike some, I don't mind if Mozilla or OpenOffice end up out on > disk after extended inactivity - but if my window manager gets swapped > out, I get peeved when focus-follows-mouse doesn't and my typing goes > into the wrong window or some such... ;) Yes but: your wm is so often used/activated it will not get swaped out. But if your mouse passes over mozilla and tries to focus it, then you will feel the pain of a swapped-out x program. Greetings Bernd -- eckes privat - http://www.eckes.org/ Project Freefire - http://www.freefire.org/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/