From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 19:24:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B10E106566C for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:24:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-qy0-f190.google.com (mail-qy0-f190.google.com [209.85.221.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D1E18FC31 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:24:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk28 with SMTP id 28so689437qyk.14 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.115.74 with SMTP id h10mr406569qaq.372.1268853864268; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from papi.localnet ([189.70.193.124]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm3140049qwf.54.2010.03.17.12.24.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:25:56 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-STABLE; KDE/4.3.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201003171546.00190.lobo@bsd.com.br> <44d3z2epp4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44d3z2epp4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201003171625.56749.lobo@bsd.com.br> Subject: Re: Measuring Free 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: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:24:25 -0000 On Wednesday 17 March 2010 19:03:03 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > First, you'll need a precise definition of what you mean by "free memory". Free physical memory available. > > Add the "-H" flag to get that value more precise. I suspect, however, > that precision isn't really the right term for what you're after. I caught the -H flag right after I wrote the mail. The result has to be multiplied by 1024. It's possible you're right but what I am trying to do is to monitor the amount of free physical memory still on the system. To make a long story short, I am in a long stretch in trying to find out why 8-STABLE amd64+VBox+nvidia driver is freezing my system to power button point. > Have you seen: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM > and > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FREE-MEMOR > Y-AMOUNT by any chance? > Those were nice, Thanks. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE)