> hi > > any idea why is it my memory is not freeing up > > aris
Check the buffers and cache usage. Linux does not automatically free up memory when killing processes. If your box is doing a lot of I/O then filesystem caching is taking up most of the memory, you are probably using ext3/ext2 if this is the case. ed [!] http://i.keepsilent.net Professor at the University of my Living Room Sofa Senior Researcher of the Kitchen Refrigerator -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
