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"I have been having the same problem with random hangs and think I found
a possible solution (see below) that I found at
http://www.yqcomputer.com/

Once I implemented a permanent change I have had the system running now
for several hours with no locking...

Reduce Swappiness
If your computer has 1GB+ RAM, you would be hardly needing your swap
space in most cases. It is evident that the RAM is much faster than your
hard drive (A good 677MHz DDR2 can give 3000+ MiB/s while a standard
hard drive can give around 50MiB/s). So it's better to let the RAM
handle most of the processes. The tendency to use swap is called
swappiness.Swap space is a cached area on the HDD that the OS utilizes
as a memory overflow/dump area. To reduce swappiness, at a terminal,
type in:
Code:

sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10

If you wish to reduce the swappiness permanently, do:
Code:

sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf

And change the vm.swappiness value to 10. If the line doesnot exist, add
the line vm.swappiness=x

Last edited by joelpedersen; June 4th, 2010 at 02:42 AM.. Reason:
Inaccurate "

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http://www.yqcomputer.com/



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