From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 28 22:52:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA10382 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:52:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA10366 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:52:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA22521; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:52:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:52:11 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Philippe Regnauld cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange memory usage on 2.2.1 (leak ?) In-Reply-To: <19971125102623.13045@deepo.prosa.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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