memory use on 5.2RC2 i386

2004-01-02 Thread J.D. Bronson
I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... Any comments or any way to change this behavior? ..I dont remember

Re: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386

2004-01-02 Thread Lowell Gilbert
J.D. Bronson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Free RAM is wasted RAM. Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... I

Re: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386

2004-01-02 Thread J.D. Bronson
At 06:52 PM 1/2/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: J.D. Bronson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Free RAM is wasted RAM. Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at