On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:31:57AM -0400, kevin1 wrote: > When I start a java application on my Mandrake box, and I monitor it > using top, I notice that several java instances show up. Why is this? > It eats up a ton of my memory, and I don't see the reason for it, as > java is multithreaded. How can I change this behaviour? There is nothing you need to change. In Linux, each thread gets its own process ID and shows up in the process table. That "ton of memory" is the same piece of memory for every thread, which is why they're all the same size. Nathan > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]