From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 4 18:29:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EDCF16A41F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:29:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [216.148.227.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D112F43D48 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:29:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20051104182910015005sa3de>; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:29:11 +0000 Message-ID: <436BA873.1030400@computer.org> Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:29:07 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050930) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: edward References: <436B8D1A.3080000@wanadoo.fr> <57EBF11D-232A-4A0C-9BDC-949968EDF8DE@shire.net> <436B98F4.4080701@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <436B98F4.4080701@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Subject: Re: FreeBSD not giving back memory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:29:12 -0000 edward wrote: > I use a Superkaramba applet. > Edward I realise you are not using top(1), but.... Superkaramba is most likely reporting things in a similar fasion as top... so an excerpt from the FreeBSD FAQ may be in order: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM HTH. > > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> >> On Nov 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, edward wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I use 5.4 Stable on an i386 machine with xorg 6.8.2 and kde 3.4.0. I >>> have been doing a number of RAM intensive tasks such as converting >>> video files and moving big files (7 or 8 Gb) back and forth over a >>> LAN. I have also installed and configured Wine, although I haven't >>> done much with it just yet. I have 26 Gb on my FreeBSD partition >>> (excluding swap) that is used up at 78%. >>> I notice that when quitting all applications, the RAM used is not >>> released and 476 Mb of RAM out of 512 Mb available are still >>> indicated as being in use. Is FreeBSD not giving back memory when >>> processes are over ? >> >> >> >> How are you determining this? >> >> Chad >> >> >>> Edward >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >>> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> >> --- >> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC >> Your Web App and Email hosting provider >> chad@shire.net >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric