xlock too slow to wake up

[Basil Chupin]

On 20/05/12 03:42, Patton Echols wrote:
> 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.

I have 16GB of RAM and during installation the install process 
automatically assigned only 2GB to the swap partition.

BC


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