because the system is using nearly none of the memory and when you do a top
all the memory is listed under buffer and cache ....... I am not asking
anyone to be responsible I just want to try to disable it then test it and
see ... heheh .....
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Disabling Disk Buffering/caching
>Cindy & David Rodgers wrote:
>>
>> the problem is that it's eating nearly all the memory and slowing the
server
>> to a grinding near halt
>>
>
>Sorry, but how do you *know* that it is the buffer cache eating all this
>memory ???
>If it is a bug in an *application* (e.g. the X server) that simply
>forgets to
>release memory acquired, say, for pixmaps and such, then if you disable
>the
>buffer cache (assuming you do it right) you will have disabled a good
>part
>of your system, and the original problem is still there !!!!
>
>
>
>--
>Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>74 Annemasse France
>old Linux fan
