Re: Clearing SWAP

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On 05/02/08 09:59, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:

On 05/02/08 09:13, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:

On 05/01/08 16:55, Mike Bird wrote:
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You have two gdm's, and xfce desktop, and a lot of KDE running.
You have several heavy applications running. That's way more
than will fit comfortably in a gig of RAM.
Isn't that just pathetic? Makes me want to shake my cane at some
young punk and rave about how WordStar on a KayPro IV was the last
good word processor...

If you can't quickly find a solution to those two xfce memory
hogs I would suggest dropping xfce and gdm, and using kdm. You're
If God meant man to a display manager, he wouldn't have invented
startx!
Eh? "If God meant a use for display managers, he wouldn't have revealed
startx. Except for those of his special friends who use multi-seat
Debian."

If God had wanted Man to use multi-seat, He would have let it be
used with startx.


Absolutely true. However, an oversight in creation (which is eternal and
constant) is providing VT's which each videocard. This causes a
difficulty for using startx for any user except the first one.

A heretical notion perhaps...

Heretics get burned at the stake.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

We want... a Shrubbery!!
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