Valdis.Kletnieks(a)vt.edu writes:
Umm.. the kernel allocating swap pages to backing-store the pages
of the X server that the image ends up in?
Yes, something like that seems to be the case. I've now switched
backing store off, and the machine is now silent all the time.
Thanks!
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