Re: Use of Swap Space
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 02:52:34AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:54:34AM +0000, Dean Chester wrote:
> > Hi
> > I recently noticed that my CPU is at 100% when the temperature of my CPU is
> > high. Taking a look at System Monitor i have also discovered that my swap
> > space is being used while only 13% of the RAM is, why isn't is using the
> > rest of the RAM. Has anyone got any ideas why?
>
> No. CPU utilization has nothing directly to do with swap usage.
>
> If a 100% CPU usage causes your computer to *over*heat (which is
> something you did not write above) you'll have a problem elsewhere (e.g.
> a dist-upgrade that includes tex-live :-) )
Or, is the board firmware slowing down the CPU to allow it to cool,
which makes a basically idling debian system to use a higher percentage
of available CPU (less idle time). Remember, its a percentage of CPU
capacity. If the CPU slows down, the the available capacity decreases.
Doug.
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