--- Yaman Saqqa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Top is a very deceiving tool, you gotta remember to > subtract shared > objects (.so) memory share from the measure and only > consider it once, > which turns out to be a very consuming calculation. > > For an overall view, just consider the '+/- > cache/buffer' part of `free` output. > > For a process specific measurement, one technique is > to use `lsof` to > figure out the size of libraries in memories and > subtract them from > the total process usage. > > Just my $0.2 > > On Nov 26, 2007 5:28 PM, Ala'a Ibrahim > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > a question > > > > when I query about used memory, it's different > from the system monitor (gui > > Gnome tool gnome-system-monitor), it tells me that > I'm using 597 MB of Ram, > > when I use "free -m" it tells me that I'm using > 1400 MB of Ram, and top > > tells me almost the same (1434092k). > > > > which one should I trust? also 1400 MB doesn't > seam right, I'm only using X > > (Gnome) with firefox, and Rythmbox. I turned off > all the servers. > > > > anybody knows why this thing might be happening? > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 4:43 PM, Husam habannakeh > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > bet :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 4:39 PM, Husam habannakeh > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i bit he zaid was worried about his p0rn > directories :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 4:10 PM, Khamis Siksek > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Zaid he was asking but he put the "?" a > little bit early :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/26/07, Zaid Amireh <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 8:00 AM, Husam habannakeh > < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Morning > > > > > > > so what happens if you hit the physical > memory limit ? swap will > > be > > > > > > > turned on automatically > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you can guarantee that you will > never use more virtual memory > > than > > > > > > > > the physical memory you have then by > all means, turn swap off :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > > Netiquette -> > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html > > > > > > > > Netiquette Nazi -> > > > > > > > > > > > http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/netiquettenazi.htm > > > > > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > HusamHabannakeh > > > > > > > +962 777 656086 > > > > > > > Amman Jordan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > swap will be turned on automatically? I > personally haven't seen any > > > > > > kernel that turns swap on against the > admin's explicit commands, oh, > > > > > > does it also create a swap partition > automatically? what if the > > whole > > > > > > hard drive is already fully allocated? > does the kernel delete > > > > > > directories which it thinks are holding > p0rn and creates swap in > > their > > > > > > place? > > > > > > > > > > > > Would love it if you can show me something > that proves your claim of > > > > > > this functionality. > > > > > > > > > > > > Zaid > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > Netiquette -> > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html > > > > > > Netiquette Nazi -> > > > > > > > http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/netiquettenazi.htm > > > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Khamis Siksek > > > > > http://saksoook.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > HusamHabannakeh > > > > +962 777 656086 > > > > Amman Jordan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > HusamHabannakeh > > > +962 777 656086 > > > Amman Jordan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ala'a A. Ibrahim > > http://guru.alaa-ibrahim.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > abulyomon > > www.KiLLTHeUPLiNK.com > > > > afaik gnome system monitor subtracts cached and buffered memory, which are the last two columns in free. if u subtract cached and buffered memory from used you should see the same value that gnome system monitor reports. and that usage is normal, linux "abuses" caches and buffers and fills up your memory as much as it can, if you have it why not use it? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. 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