Blank screen using 10.3 with nvidia 10.3 and Swap space inquiry

poussis · 01-09-2008, 01:56 AM

Hi i use a Hp Pavilion dv8000 with i586(I cant find an opensource i686 though) suse 10.3 installed on it.

1. I have Nvidia Geforce Go 7600. I also managed to get a driver for it for linux. After installation everything was fine but recently (in the last 2 days) when ever i attempt to log into KDE or Gnome the desktop is displayed for about a second then the screen goes grey with on the mouse cursor being displayed. I can only work in safe Gnome session. What could be the problem?

2. I have 1 GB RAM and 160 GB HD (20GB is for linux) I used 2 GB for swap and the rest for linux files. However i have noticed that after i push the machine to the limit and check on the memory the swap space isnt used but the remaining hdd space is gobbled up. Is'nt swap space supposed to be the first option of virtual space used?

3. Which file system is better is XFS or EXT3 for Network Administrative work

Thanks

syg00 · 01-09-2008, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by poussis

However i have noticed that after i push the machine to the limit and check on the memory the swap space isnt used but the remaining hdd space is gobbled up. Is'nt swap space supposed to be the first option of virtual space used?

How are you determining this - df, free, something else ... ???.
Show us the evidence.

If your disk space is being burnt up, it's probably logs, although it'd be surprising if it disappeared at each boot. Try this as root to see where the space is being used; presuming it's something under "/" - it'll take a while

Code:

du / -xS --max-depth=1 | sort -nr | less