xlock too slow to wake up

[Patton Echols]

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.

--PE

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