Re: [TCLUG:15187] gdm corrupted by forte/glibc install?

[George Swan <g-swan@maroon.tc.umn.edu>]

Thanks for your comments.  I'll look into the swap space, too (along with
Andy Zab.'s comments about "icky gdm")

gs
Hmmm.... say "swappin' spaghetti" over and over again, real fast and your
memory will start to leak ... and your gdm will probably crash too.

Uh oh... I'm making up my own quotes.  That's a reeeaaaaaly bad sign.

At 11:00 AM 3/27/00 -0600, you wrote:
>George Swan wrote:
>> 
>> I'm stumped.  Any suggestions about where to look/read next???
>> 
>> And while I'm at it: Is this common for java apps to "collapse" X, or is
>> this a result of overstessing my RAM and would result from any app to large
>> to be handled?
>
>Well, on my machine, Java applets running through Netscape will leak
>memory very quickly and cause my RAM and swap to fill up in a matter of
>minutes.  I'm thinking that a solution to much of your problem would be
>to increase the amount of swap space you have.  With a 64MB system
>running RedHat and X, it is best to have 128MB of swap and maybe more. 
>I believe it is possible to run a swap through a loopback device (a
>'virtual' partition stored in a file) if you cannot enlarge any of your
>swap partition(s).
>
>I could instruct you on how to do this, but there is probably some
>better information on the Internet somewhere..
>
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