Re: xlock too slow to wake up

On 20/05/12 03:42, Patton Echols wrote:
On 05/18/2012 09:40 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
On Fri, 2012-05-18 at 18:22 +0200, oxy wrote:
i just checked it again. I have

8G RAM
2x 16G swap
Yikes! 32G! That's WAY WAY WAY too much swap.

For an 8G RAM system I would recommend NO MORE THAN 4G swap. Total.
Unless you have unusual requirements for the system (kernel development,
where you're taking kernel panic cores, suspend to ram, etc. are
situations where you need lots of swap). Normal usage for a desktop and
user-space development definitely doesn't need that much.


Normal usage for desktops DOES need that much . . . maybe.

Suspend to disk / Hibernate is normal usage for laptops and desktops too if the hardware supports it and a backup battery is recognized by the system. Since swap space is used for that purpose, you need at least as much swap as RAM. (preferably more) The article you cited agrees and makes the distinction between servers and desktop/laptops.

I have 16GB of RAM and during installation the install process automatically assigned only 2GB to the swap partition.

BC


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