On April 23, 2015 9:52:11 AM CDT Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi, > >this line in fstab > >$ grep tmp /etc/fstab >tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=3G 0 0 > >usually is commented out. One time it was needed, when building a >kernel failed. Today building Firefox failed. I'll try with 3G >again, instead of half of the memory (1.9G), after a restart, to safely >clean tmp first. > >I suspect that if the RAM size doesn't fit, swap isn't used?! > To be clear, swap is used for tmpfs if available ram is exhausted. The tmpfs still obeys the mount option for max size regardless. --Sean -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
