Re: Debian 7 and external monitors and graphics adaptors
On 18/04/2015, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2015-04-17, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>> Quoting Bret Busby (bret.busby@gmail.com):
>>> The computers upon which I run Debian 6, have only 16 GB of RAM, and,
>>
>> Lucky you. 2GB here.
>>
>>> expecially with Debian 6 not having adequate memory management (as
>>> previously mentioned, memory swapping does not work effectively), so,
>>
>> Eh? Squeeze ran quite happily for me with a Klamath Pentium II on an
>> Atlanta mobo with 384MB of RAM. What on earth *are* you running?
>
> I suspect the OP is confused about used vs free memory[1].
>
No.
It has been made quite clear, in previous posts - it is to do with the
RAM being used up without memory swapping, occurring, when memory
usage shows at 90-95%, with no memory swapping.
But, this thread has now descended into flaming, and so I simply give
up on it, and, on trying to get Debian 7 to work, via the mailing
list.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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