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On 22 Apr 2010, at 17:24, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

> Am 22.04.2010 17:50, schrieb Alan McKinnon:
>
>>> Shouldn't the kernel *swap* then ?
>>
>> No, the OOM killer kicks in when the kernel has no more virtual  
>> memory,
>> including swap. Either way, more RAM is the answer. Or fidn the app  
>> with the
>> memory leak if you are unlucky enough to have one of those running  
>> around.
>
> The added swapfile with one GB won't help here for a start?

Yes, it will. If it's running out of RAM+swap, then more swap will help.

Stroller.