On Wednesday 12 December 2001 5:43 pm, Robert Fox wrote: > I have an AMD 850 based MB (Asus A7V) with 768 Meg of memory. > > The swap file is 230 Meg. Up until recently, the system NEVER touched > the swap file (always stayed free) because I have so much real memory. > The machine would stay on for days with little or no swap useage. > > Now with a recent kernel (2.4.16.2mdk-1-1mdk) and a week old Cooker > install I see the swap file is being used over time. Currently, I see > 629M free from 768M RAM and 165M free from 230M swap.
I got curious so I installed and started flightgear, I have a 933MHz PIII and 256 ECC RAM at 100MHz, but no swap was used, as shown by k-procman, and the sound from flightgear was coming for 3s and then was cut for some time back for some seconds and then gone again. ps aux shows that kapmd is eating all my power. regards guran here is a report: [guran@One09 guran]$ ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.1 1428 472 ? S Dec12 0:04 init [3] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [keventd] root 3 6.9 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 24:01 [kapm-idled] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SWN Dec12 0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:04 [kswapd] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [bdflush] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [kupdated] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW< Dec12 0:00 [mdrecoveryd] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:01 [kjournald] root 85 0.0 0.2 1572 604 ? S Dec12 0:00 devfsd /dev root 226 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 241 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [kjournald] root 242 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [kjournald] root 243 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [kjournald] root 551 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Dec12 0:00 [khubd] root 1001 0.0 0.2 1532 560 ? S Dec12 0:00 syslogd -m 0 root 1010 0.0 0.1 2040 492 ? S Dec12 0:00 klogd -2 daemon 1139 0.0 0.1 1456 496 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 1164 0.0 0.7 1904 1896 ? SL Dec12 0:00 ntpd -A root 1192 0.0 0.2 2688 536 ? S Dec12 0:00 sshd root 1453 0.0 0.2 3788 632 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/lib/postfix/master postfix 1462 0.0 0.2 3944 764 ? S Dec12 0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u postfix 1463 0.0 0.2 3904 724 ? S Dec12 0:00 tlsmgr -l -t fifo -u root 1483 0.0 0.1 2792 460 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude_report -qd -P /var/root 1494 0.0 0.3 6384 824 ? S Dec12 0:07 /usr/bin/prelude -qd -P /var/run/preroot 1495 0.0 0.1 2792 464 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude_report -qd -P /var/root 1496 0.0 0.3 6384 824 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude -qd -P /var/run/preroot 1497 0.0 0.3 6384 824 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude -qd -P /var/run/preroot 1576 0.0 0.2 1644 596 ? S Dec12 0:00 crond root 1601 0.0 0.4 6808 1232 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/share/webmin/minixfs 1626 0.0 1.0 7180 2764 ? S Dec12 0:03 xfs -port -1 -daemon -droppriv -userroot 1737 0.0 0.3 2420 880 tty1 S Dec12 0:00 login -- guran root 1738 0.0 0.1 1396 380 tty2 S Dec12 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 root 1739 0.0 0.1 1396 380 tty3 S Dec12 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 root 1740 0.0 0.1 1396 380 tty4 S Dec12 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 root 1741 0.0 0.1 1396 380 tty5 S Dec12 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 root 1742 0.0 0.1 1396 380 tty6 S Dec12 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 guran 1796 0.0 0.4 2820 1132 vc/1 S Dec12 0:00 -bash guran 2080 0.0 2.1 22212 5576 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid --suicidguran 4943 0.0 0.2 2408 548 vc/1 S Dec12 0:00 KDE /usr/bin/startkde root 4959 0.4 8.0 200876 20608 ? S Dec12 1:09 /etc/X11/X :0 guran 4961 0.0 0.3 2520 928 vc/1 S Dec12 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde guran 5106 0.0 0.5 22400 1424 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: Running... guran 5109 0.0 2.6 23476 6796 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: klauncher guran 5112 0.0 3.1 23712 8068 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: kded guran 5233 0.0 0.8 6188 2212 ? S Dec12 0:04 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -guran 5247 0.0 2.9 25856 7480 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: knotify guran 5264 0.0 1.4 17744 3604 vc/1 S Dec12 0:00 ksmserver --restore guran 5300 0.0 3.3 24280 8496 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: kwin -session 11c22f906d000guran 5303 0.0 3.7 24384 9556 ? S Dec12 0:02 kdeinit: kdesktop guran 5306 0.0 4.1 26180 10684 ? S Dec12 0:02 kdeinit: kicker guran 5314 0.0 3.1 23672 7956 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: klipper -icon klipper -miniguran 5317 0.0 2.7 23712 7028 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: kwrited guran 5318 0.0 3.5 24588 9020 ? S Dec12 0:01 kdeinit: konsole -session 11c22f906dguran 5320 0.0 1.2 24160 3224 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: konsole -session 11c22f906dguran 5321 0.0 0.1 1652 444 pts/0 S Dec12 0:00 /bin/cat guran 5323 0.0 0.5 2836 1352 pts/1 S Dec12 0:00 /bin/bash guran 5341 0.0 0.4 2836 1028 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 /bin/bash guran 5346 0.0 0.8 7640 2064 ? S Dec12 0:00 /usr/bin/medusa-idled guran 5354 0.0 3.0 23312 7704 ? S Dec12 0:00 alarmd guran 5382 0.0 4.8 29512 12356 ? S Dec12 0:02 kmail -session 11c22f906d00010081770guran 5421 0.0 0.9 23580 2388 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdeinit: kcookiejar guran 5423 0.0 0.4 17024 1092 ? S Dec12 0:00 kdesud guran 5820 0.0 0.3 2492 920 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/local/netscape/run-moziguran 5825 0.7 11.7 58756 30056 pts/2 S Dec12 1:10 /usr/local/netscape/mozilla-bin guran 5827 0.0 11.7 58756 30056 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 /usr/local/netscape/mozilla-bin guran 5828 0.0 11.7 58756 30056 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 /usr/local/netscape/mozilla-bin guran 5829 0.0 11.7 58756 30056 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 /usr/local/netscape/mozilla-bin guran 5966 0.0 3.1 24064 8132 ? S Dec12 0:04 kdeinit: konsole -icon konsole.png -guran 5971 0.0 0.4 2836 1156 pts/3 S Dec12 0:00 /bin/bash root 6000 0.0 0.3 2420 864 pts/3 S Dec12 0:00 su root 6002 0.0 0.4 2856 1168 pts/3 S Dec12 0:00 bash guran 6213 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:01 java_vm guran 6214 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6215 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6216 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6217 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6218 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6219 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6220 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6221 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6222 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6223 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6228 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6229 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6230 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6231 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6232 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6233 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6247 0.0 6.8 198880 17432 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 java_vm guran 6424 0.0 11.7 58756 30056 pts/2 S Dec12 0:00 /usr/local/netscape/mozilla-bin postfix 6650 0.0 0.3 3792 1016 ? S Dec12 0:00 pickup -l -t fifo guran 6920 0.0 2.1 23764 5560 ? S 00:14 0:00 kdeinit: kio_pop3 pop3 /tmp/ksocket-root 6926 0.0 0.7 3600 1792 pts/3 S 00:14 0:00 /usr/bin/mc -P root 6928 0.0 0.5 2844 1348 pts/4 S 00:14 0:00 bash -rcfile .bashrc guran 8700 94.8 23.1 139760 59240 ? R 00:15 4:31 fgfs guran 8727 0.0 0.3 2824 900 pts/1 R 00:20 0:00 ps aux -- Mandrake Linux 8.2 Cooker kernel-2.4.16.7mdk-1-1mdk version:2001:12:12:01:35
