From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 27 23:53:22 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id XAA25045 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jun 1995 23:53:22 -0700 Received: from legend (legend.txdirect.net [204.57.120.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id XAA25039 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 1995 23:53:19 -0700 Received: from oasis (link060) by legend (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA11072; Wed, 28 Jun 1995 01:49:31 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 01:50:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Rob Snow X-Sender: rsnow@oasis To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Swapinfo again (never decreases) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk This post is in reply to (More info needed) on my previous post about swapinfo showing that swapspace doesn't decrease. Following shows me logging in and then starting X then running Netscape and closing it the normal way -, then back out and getting ready to logout. The double row of stars indicate a new run of ps/swapinfo ******** ******** Just logged in and havent even run startx. forgot to run ps: it is ps & tcsh Device 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type /dev/wd0s3b 48384 0 48256 0% Interleaved ******** ******** Just started X and just have my default setup running. PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 170 p0 Ss+ 0:00.32 -usr/local/bin/tcsh 172 p1 Ss+ 0:00.32 -usr/local/bin/tcsh 171 p2 Ss 0:00.35 -usr/local/bin/tcsh 184 p2 R+ 0:00.05 ps 149 v0 IWs 0:00.54 -tcsh (tcsh) 156 v0 IW+ 0:00.07 /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx 161 v0 SW+ 0:00.15 xinit /home/rsnow/.xinitrc -- 163 v0 SW 0:00.05 sh /home/rsnow/.xinitrc 167 v0 S 0:00.54 fvwm 178 v0 S 0:00.34 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm/GoodStuff 8 4 /tmp/fvwmrc00167 179 v0 S 0:00.03 /bin/sh -c xclock -bg gray45 -geometry -1500-1500 -pad 180 v0 S 0:00.03 /bin/sh -c xload -bg gray45 -geometry -1500-1500 181 v0 S 0:00.23 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fvwm/FvwmPager 10 4 /tmp/fvwmrc0016 182 v0 S 0:00.33 xclock -bg gray45 -geometry -1500-1500 -padding 0 183 v0 S 0:00.32 xload -bg gray45 -geometry -1500-1500 Device 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type /dev/wd0s3b 48384 10400 37856 22% Interleaved ******** ******** Back to my login shell and LOOK 19% of swapspace is used... PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 149 v0 Ss 0:00.60 -tcsh (tcsh) 248 v0 R+ 0:00.04 ps Device 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type /dev/wd0s3b 48384 9016 39240 19% Interleaved Why is 19% still used? --- Rob Snow rsnow@txdirect.net