Can swap-in be improved?
Can swap-in be improved?
Posted May 24, 2007 18:32 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)In reply to: Can swap-in be improved? by MathFox
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When I leave from work, I don't turn off the laptop, just lock the screen. Next morning when I unlock the screen, it takes about 10-15 seconds to have the browser or OpenOffice swapped back. Probably a cronjob needs some memory, that's why they are swapped, but it's still annoying.
Posted May 25, 2007 1:34 UTC (Fri)
by interalia (subscriber, #26615)
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A plausible culprit is the cronjob that runs updatedb so that your 'locate' database is up-to-date. That churns the cache quite a bit since it involves a lot of disk seeking.Can swap-in be improved?