Oops, I forgot to mention that you'll need to reboot for the setting to take effect. Brian Cluff On 03/01/2016 08:45 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > Check out Hans' "Anatomy of the command line" talk that he gave at > SCaLE. It will show you in detail why that didn't work.... you'll learn > a lot. It's at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_dCte3dEE > > As for setting the swappiness permanently create and edit > /etc/sysctl.d/10-swappiness.conf, it probably won't exist by default. > Then put a single like it that is: > > vm.swappiness=10 > > If you want your swappiness set to 0, just change the 10 to 0 > > Brian Cluff > > On 03/01/2016 06:26 AM, Michael wrote: >> I understand. The computer would not allow me to use sudo with >> redirection . >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 1:09 AM, Michael > > wrote: >> >> fyi: when I attempted to save it in gedit it gave me the permission >> denied error. >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 1:08 AM, Michael > > wrote: >> >> What am i doing incorrectly? >> >> $ sudo cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness >> 60 >> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo cat 30>> /proc/sys/vm/swappiness >> bash: /proc/sys/vm/swappiness: Permission denied >> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo gedit >> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo gedit /proc/sys/vm/swappiness >> >> ** (gedit:10639): WARNING **: Hit unhandled case 13 (Error >> writing to file: Invalid argument) in parse_error. >> >> ** (gedit:10639): WARNING **: Hit unhandled case 13 (Error >> writing to file: Invalid argument) in parse_error. >> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo cat >> /proc/sys/vm/swappiness<> > 1 >> > eof >> bash: /proc/sys/vm/swappiness: Permission denied >> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo cat >> /proc/sys/vm/swappiness<> 1 >> eof >> ^C >> bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness >> 1 >> >> WHATEVER! lol >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Michael > > wrote: >> >> have a desktop. in any case I searched google this swapiness >> question and here is what it says: >> >> " >> After rebooting the swappiness is set to 10. This can be >> checked by >> running the following command in a terminal: sudo cat >> /proc/sys/vm/swappiness. >> The swap tendency can have a value of 0 (fully off) to 100 >> (swap is constantly used). >> A workable and practical rule for changing the swappiness >> can be: >> 1 GB or more RAM: 10 >> Less than 1 GB of RAM: 1 >> _*Tip:*_ >> Your computer has less than 512 MB of RAM? Try to change >> the swap tendency to 0 (zero). With lower amount of memory >> installed, this might even give a better result then >> changing the swap tendency to 1. >> " >> >> Why is 0 better than 1? >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:38 AM, Kevin Fries >> > wrote: >> >> Linux is not Windows. Linux can, and will run without >> using swap if it can. Linux will remain RAM resident >> unless it has to. So, what they are telling you is >> this... If you don't need swap, don't define it. >> >> There is one exception to this rule, since you are using >> a laptop. There are two instant on technologies, sleep >> and hibernate. One of the will stash the state to RAM, >> the other to swap. I forget which is which. But if it >> needs to go to swap, you will need a swap file equal to >> RAM if you use that feature. >> >> Kevin >> >> On Feb 29, 2016 10:32 PM, "Michael" > > wrote: >> >> swapiness=..... 0? Remember; I am >> computer-illiterate! >> >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Todd Millecam >> > wrote: >> >> Disable swap. Never activate it on boot. If >> you start reaching oom conditions, turn it >> back on. >> >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Michael >> > >> wrote: >> >> What do you recommend you reduce swapiness >> to for machines that have plenty of memory >> that will probably never be filled? >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your >> mail settings: >> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Millecam >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your >> mail settings: >> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >> settings: >> >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >> settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss