--- On Wed, 3/9/11, JB jb.1234abcd@gmail.com wrote:
madunix <at> gmail.com <madunix <at> gmail.com> writes:
I will try to add more RAM to it. I have done the yum
check ... all went OK
... but it didn't change the behaviour. Thanks for
your help.
...
OK. Now you can look at your system components.
Mem: 500128k
total, 484136k used, 15992k free, 2676k buffers
Swap: 1015800k total, 292412k
used, 723388k free, 93068k cached
Your RAM seems to be OK (sure, the more you can install the better, but Linux will try to use it all, so do not misinterpret it if Mem used is close to Mem total at all times - that is actually a good sign of Mem utilization).
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I have seen this scenerio many times before installing contemporary Linux distros on old machines to donate to charity or give to people who can't afford one. RAM use my be "OK", that is normal--little "free", but when combined with the high swap usage is indicative of a "problem" or just not enough total RAM to begin with, which I think is the case here.
The OP needs more RAM, if he wants to run Fedora/GNOME on it, or a "lighter" distro or GUI or both.
B