Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263646AbUFBFh0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:37:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265331AbUFBFh0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:37:26 -0400 Received: from outmx019.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.2.200]:3504 "EHLO outmx019.isp.belgacom.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263646AbUFBFhZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:37:25 -0400 Subject: Re: why swap at all? From: FabF To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1086154721.2275.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:38:41 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 24 On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 01:17, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > 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. > Exactly ! Does autoregulated VM swap. patch could help here ? FabF > Greetings > Bernd - 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/