Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:00:09 +0200 | From | Nicolas Weeger <> | Subject | Where has my memory gone ?? |
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Hi ! This is probably slightly off-topic, but i don't know which other mailing-list would be adapted to my question......(tell me if u know ;-)
Ok, here's what happens : in the morning, i start Linux, login, launch Netscape, and then leave my computer for some hours, until the evening. Trouble is, when i come back, i notice that the memory usage is high, that is, like 90MB (60 physical + 30swap).....and my system then is sssslllllllooooooowwwwww !!!!!! My system keeps on swapping, whatever i do (switch windows, desktops, and so on) But i can't get my memory back ! That is, even if i close all applications, log out, kill X (it of course restarts immediately) [and i even tried telinit 3 followed later by telinit 5), there is still more memory allocated than at system boot. The only way i found to recover all my memory is to reboot, which i find annoying, because i don't like doing Windows-like things ;-) After my login, like 50MB only of memory are allocated.......
here's my config : * Pentium II 300 * UltraWide SCSI hard drive (/ & swap on 2 partitions) * 64MB of memory * 128MB of swap
i'm using : * RedHat 6.0 * KDE 1.1.1 * SetiAtHome (uses like 13MB of memory) * Netscape (v4.61)
ok, maybe i'm overloading my computer, but at system startup, everything is fine, fast, no lag at all........(just the way it should be, in other words ;-)
thanks for ur answers
Nicolas Weeger
-- Installer et configurer Linux, c'est un peu comme de la cuisine : ça peut être long, difficile, frustrant..... Mais, bien souvent, le résultat vaut le coup !
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