But you really should.
1.7 GiB RAM is on the very low side nowadays, especially if you want to use a full-blown desktop environment like GNOME (or also KDE’s Plasma).
And if there’s no swap, there’s not even an emergency gap any more if the RAM runs out, or a place to temporarily move things to to keep more RAM available.
Hi
I have many real systems here (not VM’s), I use Tumbleweed, openSUSE 42.1, openSUSE 42.2, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP2 GMC, dual boots, multibooting, Legacy Booting, UEFI booting… 
Can you please show a process screenshot and cpu order to show what is using RAM and/or cpu.
If you want I can probably dig up a laptop from my junk pile with the same celeron cpu, stick 2 gb of RAM in and see if can duplicate.
thx wolfi!
how much ram to enable swap file ?
i’m startin to think OpenS is for modern equipment with at least 8 gb ram …
plz, i appreciate it !
Depends.
If it’s as large as your RAM at least, you will also be able to use hibernate.
Personally I run openSUSE with 2 GiB RAM and 2 GiB swap, works fine for me (KDE4 and Plasma5 mostly, sometimes I even run both at the same time ).
i’m startin to think OpenS is for modern equipment with at least 8 gb ram …
Not necessarily.
But it depends on what you want to run on it.
Firefox alone can easily take 1 or 2 GiB of RAM (or even more I suppose if you have many tabs open)
The officially recommended minimum for openSUSE is 1 GiB RAM currently, but it is possible to run it in less, especially in text mode you may have enough with 128/256 MiB…
I do all of my test installs in VMs with 768 MiB RAM, and they work fine too (I don’t use them for real work though).
But I wouldn’t dare to disable swap…
Of course another option for you would also to stick to a simpler desktop, then you might be able to get away without swap.
Hi
See how you go with some swap, I have a Toshiba 655 with a B960 CPU @2.2GHz if I get time later on will look at sticking Tumbleweed and remove some RAM (it has 4GB).
Yes, should be.
Though I never used a swapfile myself, I have dedicated swap partitions.
Hi !
what’s is **Web Content **?
can kill it or erase it (and how) ; is wasting more than FF (260 mb)
swap til now is between 1.3 -1.4 on wayland
???
From the followup post I suppose you mean what that “Web Content” process is for?
I suppose it’s some process started by Firefox.
As I said, Firefox can easily take a GiB or more of RAM.
can kill it or erase it (and how) ; is wasting more than FF (260 mb)
Well, if you want to do web browsing, you probably shouldn’t kill it.
Quit Firefox and it should disappear I think.
swap til now is between 1.3 -1.4 on wayland
See?
This would all have to be in RAM otherwise, and you only have 1.7 GiB.
Hi
It is part of firefox run the command;
pstree -p `pidof firefox`
On Wed 26 Oct 2016 04:36:01 PM CDT, goro goren wrote:
malcolmlewis;2797522 Wrote:
>
>
> If you want I can probably dig up a laptop from my junk pile with the
> same celeron cpu, stick 2 gb of RAM in and see if can duplicate
plz, i appreciate it !
Hi
So test system setup, uses 52% of 1.8GB of ram available, cpu cores
running around 6% have firefox running (no flash…!) no lockups or
anything…
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On Wed 26 Oct 2016 04:36:01 PM CDT, goro goren wrote:
malcolmlewis;2797522 Wrote:
>
>
> If you want I can probably dig up a laptop from my junk pile with the
> same celeron cpu, stick 2 gb of RAM in and see if can duplicate
plz, i appreciate it !
Hi
So can your system RAM be added too, upgraded?
As root user (may need to install) run dmidecode.
dmidecode -t memory
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for now upgrade is not an option (maybe later) . . .
i no i can get till 16 **GB of ram **
# dmidecode -t memory
# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
Handle 0x0005, DMI type 5, 20 bytes
Memory Controller Information
Error Detecting Method: None
Error Correcting Capabilities:
None
Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave
Current Interleave: One-way Interleave
Maximum Memory Module Size: 8192 MB
Maximum Total Memory Size: 16384 MB
Supported Speeds:
Other
Supported Memory Types:
Other
Memory Module Voltage: Unknown
Associated Memory Slots: 2
0x0006
0x0007
Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities:
None
Handle 0x0006, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: DIMM0
Bank Connections: None
Current Speed: Unknown
Type: DIMM
Installed Size: Not Installed
Enabled Size: Not Installed
Error Status: OK
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
Socket Designation: DIMM1
Bank Connections: None
Current Speed: Unknown
Type: DIMM
Installed Size: 2048 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Enabled Size: 2048 MB (Single-bank Connection)
Error Status: OK
Handle 0x0018, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 16 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 2
Handle 0x0019, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0018
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: Unknown
Data Width: Unknown
Size: No Module Installed
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM0
Bank Locator: BANK 0
Type: Unknown
Type Detail: Unknown
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Empty
Serial Number: Empty
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: Empty
Rank: Unknown
Configured Clock Speed: Unknown
Handle 0x001A, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0018
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: SODIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM1
Bank Locator: BANK 2
Type: DDR3
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 1333 MHz
Manufacturer: Hynix
Serial Number: 47C7CE76
Asset Tag: Unknown
Part Number: HMT325S6CFR8C-H9
Rank: 1
Configured Clock Speed: 1333 MHz
Hi
for now i’m usin icewm (1.2 GB and 0 bytes of swap) STILL too much high just FF with seven tabs open ] >>>>:(
i’m goin to download Ubuntu / opensuse CD gnome and give a test so stay tuned !
On Thu 27 Oct 2016 04:06:01 PM CDT, goro goren wrote:
Hi
for now upgrade is not an option (maybe later) . . .
i no i can get till 16 GB_of_ram_
Manufacturer: Hynix
Part Number: HMT325S6CFR8C-H9
Hi
If you want some extra RAM, I have some 2GB ones lying around you can
have, just PM me where to send…
Hynix HMT325S6BFR8C-H9
2GB 1Rx8 PC3 - 10600S - 9 -10 - B1
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