with help from ray - we have:
BEFORE
--top--
4:19pm up 2:25, 4 users, load average: 0.28, 0.36, 0.26
39 processes: 35 sleeping, 4 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 26.2% user, 44.9% system, 0.0% nice, 29.1% idle
Mem: 13788K av, 13320K used, 468K free, 5852K shrd, 292K buff
Swap: 128516K av, 6648K used, 121868K free 6952K cached
--free--
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 13788 13424 364 6096 212 4772
-/+ buffers/cache: 8440 5348
Swap: 128516 27920 100596
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AFTER
--top--
4:23pm up 2:29, 4 users, load average: 0.47, 0.70, 0.44
41 processes: 39 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 11.7% user, 20.5% system, 0.0% nice, 68.0% idle
Mem: 13788K av, 13324K used, 464K free, 5304K shrd, 96K buff
Swap: 128516K av, 13436K used, 115080K free 3624K cached
<<snip>>
1351 root 0 0 8752 5348 2200 S 0 0.0 38.7 0:06 netscape-com
1366 root 0 0 432 172 96 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 netscape-com
--free--
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 13788 13564 224 5804 96 3824
-/+ buffers/cache: 9644 4144
Swap: 128516 13472 115044
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the only othe process bigger than netscape iz X (16800)
this is killing me!!!
Ray Olszewski wrote:
> >From your description, it sure sounds like excessive paging.
>
> If you are "relatively new" to Linux, my first thought is that you've set up
> your system in a way that doesn't use all the memory. But before going down
> that road too far, let's check: when you have these multiple Netscape
> sessions running, what does "free" report about memory? (The interesting
> numbers are total, used +/- buffers, and free +/- buffers. You can run
> "free" in an xterm window.)
>
> You might also run "top" before starting Netscape and pay attention to how
> its report changes as you encounter the problem.
>
> "man free" and "man top" will give you the details on these command if they
> are unfamiliar.
>
> By the way, I'd find your messages much easier to read if you used real
> words and conventional spelling.
>
> At 03:03 PM 2/21/99 -0600, rude bwot wrote [excerpt only]:
> >i am using :
> >redhat 5.1
> >kernel 2.0.34
> >Xfree86 3.3.2 (mach 64 server)
> >
> >on a:
> >AMD 350
> >128MB SDRAM (100MHZ bus)
> >ATI rage II video card (AGP, 8meg)
>
> >Now - all iz good EXCEPT when i run netscape (4.05) on linux
> >and have more than 2 or 3 netscape windows open (i really havent
> >played around with much other X apps) .
> >
> >The windows take a year and a day 2 repaint, the response of the
> >mouse 2 user input iz appauling and the h/d grinds away like crazy
> >as if i only had 8MG of ram instead of 128MB of 10ns SDRAM.
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