The memory appears used, but most likely it is going into cache. If you dont have a slowdown and swap isnt being used, I wouldnt be too concerned.
On 1/31/06, Arnaud Fortier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think FF 1.5 take 1GB of RAM also if it is closed. It's much a > problem of freeing memory. Anyway thanx for the answer. > The RAM problem isn't problebamtic as the network problem ! > - I've lot of mates around that can't use the FTP install on 0.7.1 but > that didn't seems to scare anybody ... > - I've no solution fr my testing install of arch ... that can't access > network anymore ! Hopefully I don't work on it ! And Hopfully I have a > "current" arch install next to testing so I can chroot from current to > testing in order to upgrade it ... > > The two network problems look the same : no network ( eth0 is down ), if > I modprobe the module needed by the network card and then configure it > or restart the network , it doesn't work either ! > > I hope I have an answer to this and/or it will be fixed soon. > > Arnaud > > Armando M. Baratti a écrit : > > Hi Arnaud, > > > > I don't know about FTP install, but for the memory problems, if you're > > using Firefox 1.5 it could be the infamous Firefox's memory usage > > (leak) problem. > > See this link: > > > http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=354828&highlight=memory+leak&sid=73f2c7d2741fdae47336ac481504dab5 > > > <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=354828&highlight=memory+leak&sid=73f2c7d2741fdae47336ac481504dab5> > > > > Armando > > > > On 1/29/06, *Arnaud Fortier * <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I'm having problems on 2 computers with the FTP install of > > archlinux when using 0.7.1 in FTP mode => the network driver ( tg3 > > / sk98lin ) doesn't "automaticaly loads" and when I do a modprobe > > tg3 / sk98lin the network doesn't work either ( also if I > > configure it by hand ) the only way I found is installing it with > > 0.7.1-pre or with 0.7 ... > > The same appends to me on a test plateform ( hopefully ) after > > upgrading it to last testing pkgs ... > > In my rc.conf I have : > > > > # Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup > > MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes" > > # Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by > > hwdetect > > MOD_BLACKLIST=() > > # > > # Modules to load at boot-up (in this order) > > # - prefix a module with a ! to disable it > > # > > MODULES=(!usbserial !tg3 nvidia snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m > > !snd-pcm-oss !snd-mixer-oss !snd-seq-oss) > > #... > > eth0="dhcp" > > INTERFACES=(lo eth0) > > > > On both I'm on arch 2.6.15.1 <http://2.6.15.1> > > > > Is there a fix / a misconfiguration ?! > > > > *Now the memory problem* > > On all my arch systems ( 5 PCs one having 2 arch installed ) I > > have memory problem : > > Symptoms : > > - On KDE / Gnome / Fluxbox / e17 : free-m gives me about 90 to 120 > > MB of RAM used right after booting > > but then after about one hour of use ( Firefox + > > xchat/konversation + Thunderbird ) The amount of RAM reach 386Mo ! > > I've waited 2 days to see and using only this programms I got > > 1.2GB of RAM used !! ( hopefully on the test systme I have 2 GB ... ) > > - The application works great I see no slow down problems > > - Memory seems to never "unload" > > > > > > It begins right after KDE 3.5.0 hit testing ... > > Here is a screenshot of my KDE desktop before this memory problem > > ... http://arnaud.fortier.free.fr/captures/capture2.png > > <http://arnaud.fortier.free.fr/captures/capture2.png> > > As you see I got 10 desktop in 2880x1200 with lots of superkaramba > > stuff + gimp + konversation + knotes ... check the other desktops > > ( capture1 to 10 ) and "only" 386MB of RAM used ! (the > > superkaramba script is here > > http://arnaud.fortier.free.fr/superkaramba/ ) > > And 0kB of Swap. > > > > Another information ...on kubuntu 5.10|6.04 / Mandriva 2005 this > > doesn't happens ( memory auto frees itself and 0 swap too ) > > I've tried to dig into kubuntu / Mandriva to find an answer > > unsuccesfully ... > > > > Does anyone has a solution / the same problem ? > > > > Thanks a lot > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > -- iphitus - ArchCK Maintainer, Arch Trusted User. Home:iphitus.loudas.com _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
