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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:52:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange memory usage on 2.2.1 (leak ?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971128225126.22417P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19971125102623.13045@deepo.prosa.dk>

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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Philippe Regnauld wrote:

> I'm currently using 2.2.1 (soon 2.2.5) on a P150 with:
> 
> - 64Mb RAM
> - 2 x 1.2 Gb IDE disks
> - Matrox II w/ 4Mb
> - swapsize = 196 Mb.
> 
> There's about 75 processes running permanently on that box,
> including BloatWare like Netscape, and of course the X server
> is taking a bite at 32bpp (15Mb).
> 
> Problem is, the memory usage is close to 187 Mb, though adding
> the figures in "ps -aux" for virtual and resident, I get:
> 
> 88180 Mb  44148 Mb
> 
> ... Is there a known memory leak in 
> 
> a) netscape 4.0 standalone (FreeBSD)

Probably, esp. if you leave it running all the time.

> b) XF86331 w/ Matrox 

Not that I know of.

> c) 2.2.1 in general ?

Not that I know of.

Any particular culprits of massive memory usage?


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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