Slow internet browsers- help

sdetweil

@buyer2k11 let’s look at your memory usage

do

free -m

and

df -k

buyer2k11

@sdetweil
Thanks for your reply:

Under free -m, I see:
Mem: total 907, used 406, free 157 shared 27, buff/cache 424 available 500
Swap: total 199, used 191, free 8

Under df -k, I see:

Filesystem
udev 1k-Blocks 322452, used 0, available 322452, use% 0%, mounted on /dev
tmpfs 1k-Blocks 92912, used 1240, available 91672, use% 2%, mounted on /run
/dev/mmcblk0p2 1k-Blocks 30085184, used 7668228, available 20868644, use% 27%, mounted on /
Tmpfs 1k-Blocks 464552, used 11928, available 452624, use% 3%, mounted on /dev/shm
Tmpfs 1k-Blocks 5120, used 12, available 5108, use% 1%, mounted on /run/lock
/dev/mmcblk0p1 1k-Blocks 522230, used 76398, available 445832, use% 15%, mounted on /boot/firmware
Tmpfs 1k-Blocks 92908, used 40, available 92868, use% 1%, mounted on /run/user/1000

sdetweil

@buyer2k11 said in Slow internet browsers- help:

> Swap: total 199, used 191, free 8

so your physical memory is not enough, it
spills over to swap, but it is not enough

make the swap file 1gb.

your volume

/dev/mmcblk0p2 1k-Blocks 30085184, used 7668228, available 20868644, use% 27%, mounted on /

is lightly used, so this swap space won’t be a bad cost.

buyer2k11

@sdetweil
Thanks. Sorry for the questions, new at this and trying to learn:

How do I Make the swap file 1 gb?

sdetweil

@buyer2k11 a Google search would turn up this

https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-swap-file/

buyer2k11

@sdetweil

This really helped and fixed it!!! Thank you so much for helping/teaching me!