* bug#23876: [Guix Info][7.1.4] Should remind user to add a swap partition
@ 2016-07-01 5:27 Eus
2016-07-02 22:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Eus @ 2016-07-01 5:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 23876
Hi guys!
If I may suggest, in Guix info that is displayed at console Alt+F2, a user should be reminded to add a swap partition.
I forgot to do that first time, and so my "guix system --fallback init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt" got killed by OOM killer after about 10 hours.
Even if a user is not building from source, a swap partition should be handy in case the RAM is limited and/or in case hibernating is later desired.
BTW, I am capable of making patches. So, if you'd like me to make a patch, just tell me the source tree to make a diff against.
Thank you.
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* bug#23876: [Guix Info][7.1.4] Should remind user to add a swap partition
2016-07-01 5:27 bug#23876: [Guix Info][7.1.4] Should remind user to add a swap partition Eus
@ 2016-07-02 22:05 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-07-02 22:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eus; +Cc: 23876
Hello!
Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis:
> If I may suggest, in Guix info that is displayed at console Alt+F2, a user should be reminded to add a swap partition.
>
> I forgot to do that first time, and so my "guix system --fallback init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt" got killed by OOM killer after about 10 hours.
>
> Even if a user is not building from source, a swap partition should be handy in case the RAM is limited and/or in case hibernating is later desired.
As a consequence of the unavailability of binaries on our machines, you
ended up building webkitgtk and probably other packages. Building
webkitgtk requires a lot of resources, in particular more than 4G or
RAM, so this can easily run out of memory.
Again the goal is to avoid this situation altogether, so I don’t think
we should ask users to systematically add a swap partition before they
start ‘guix system init’.
Thanks for your feedback,
Ludo’.
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