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[Paul VandenBosch]

> > My question today is about why my PC locks up when I have multiple 
> > browsers running.  I am assuming that it is because I have only 64M RAM. 
> > If I upgrade to 256M do you think that I will have better luck with
> > multiple browsers? Are there any other reasons why the screen would lock
> > up with multiple browsers, such as large incoming files, javascript or
> > java problems?
>
> Define "locks up".  The whole computer or just X-windows?

KDE stops reacting.  The window outlines are visible, but there is no action. 
 This is only after pushing the system with a lot of browsers and a lot of 
files coming in from the www.

>
> What happens if you do a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE or CTRL-ALT-F1 when it's
> locked?

Sometimes C-A-B works, sometimes it doesn't.  Maybe sometimes I'm just not 
patient enough to wait a couple of minutes to see if it will work.

>
> How much swap space do you have?  (type "free" at a command prompt)

133048 (blocks?)

I will check again after opening a number of browsers, don't have time 
tonight.

>
> What window manager are you using?  Some of those are memory hogs too.
>

KDE.  Even worse than opening a lot of browsers is starting up Star Office.  
That takes a few minutes to load itself up.  Very slow operation too, it 
can't keep up with my typing.

I am able to do what I want to do with the current setup, but I would like to 
speed it up if I could.

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