--- On Wed, 3/9/11, JB <jb.1234abcd(a)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).
[snip]
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