On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 07:43, elPunishar wrote: > On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:30 am, elPunishar wrote: > > > hi everybody, > > > > > > i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, > > > which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs. > > > BUT it doesn't come down again even when i close the programs... > > > memory use just grows and grows (slow but steady), then beginns to > > > fill up the swap space... > > > > Linux uses memory very differently from Windows. This is normal > > behaviour, making all memory quickly available at all times. It > > dynamically releases memory least likely to be needed whenever > > something else requires it. It's nothing to worry about at all. > > > > > i hope you don't rip my head off for this, but that behaviour seems > > > a little window-esque to me... > > > granted, its a lot slower than on a windows box. > > > > It shouldn't be a lot slower. Things that might affect it are > > > > How much RAM have you got? > > > > How full is your drive? In a console, type df > > > > Is the drive using dma? - try hdparm -d /dev/hda (assuming hda is your > > drive letter) > > > > Paste here what replies you get. > > > > Anne > > okay, your answer clarifies that. i'm reliefed :) > > what i meant was: the process of using up all avalable memory is much slower > than on windows. > the machine runs a LOT faster than on windows! :)) > > output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# hdparm -d /dev/hda > /dev/hda: > using_dma = 1 (on) > What sounds a little strange to me is that the system starts filling the swap space. Given the amount of memory you have (1Gb) it shouldn't use the swap space (unless you have a lot of processes running simultaneously).
I have read about some problems when using more than 768 Mb ram and the advise has always been passing "mem=860" at the lilo prompt or in lilo.conf. Just my 2 cents. Adolfo
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