Hi all, I'm a recent convert to default MDK 9.1 [+ relevant security updates] after using slackware for a couple of years [and RedHat, Suse, before that]. I'm really very impressed by MDK but there's one thing which is bugging me.
I realize that unused memory is wasted memory [in the words of linus himself, IIRC] but I wonder if the pattern of memory usage I'm experiencing is to be expected when using MDK. I have 512Mb RAM and the same amount of swap. I see the amount of memory used creeping ever upward and I find myself wondering what would happen were I to attempt to achieve the kind of uptime which some of you here seem to regard as reasonable - that is to say, months, if not years. I'm dual booting with Win2000 and never have much more than 24hrs uptime with linux due to the demands of an email account set up on the Win2000 side. Ideally i would adopt MDK as my OS of choice if it were not for this paranoia regarding memory use. At the time of writing, after 2 days and 10 hours uptime with MDK, I'm on the verge of swapping. I reduced runnning services to a minimum shortly after install, and tend to average around 51 processes running at any given time, most of which are due to KDE's requirements. I have no network other than ppp with my external modem and I'm not using much other than Sylpheed and Pan most of the time. "Top" doesn't show anything unusual other than memory use slowly but surely increasing. i did use swap after a wonderful extended session with the Gimp but i'm wondering what will happen if I start compiling kernels, etc, too ... Am i just someone who ought to get out more often or is this kind of memory usage atypical? I ought to add that I'm using the most recent NVIDIA drivers with an unsupported Intel chipset, so the agpgart module does not load. Asus P4G8X Deluxe 512 Mb RAM 2 x WDC 40 Gig MSI Ti4800SE 8x Samsung TFT monitor 3Com USRobotics external modem MS intellimouse Standard PS2 type Keyboard [UK] ... no other peripherals ... Firewire, Onboard NIC, USB, as yet unused ... apologies for being so verbose. many thanks, Janet Blankfield "Some doubt the existence of the sun as it slides (like God) between the girders." ----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------
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