Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:09:07 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Chuck Rouzer <rouzer@spyder.net> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape Memory Usage and v2.2.1-release Message-ID: <199704010109.RAA13054@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:38:03 EST." <333FE86B.784A@spyder.net>
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>Ok before receiving this reply, I upgraded the binaries, man pages, >catman, and profile libraries. Nothing else. Every thing seemed to >work ok and the kernel is now v2.2.1-release. > > The problem I am having now is Netscape v3.01 will use its usual ton of >memory, but once the program exits the memory is not freed up. It just >stays there and if Netscape is loaded over and over, swap space will >eventually be full. 32MB isn't enough swap space for an X workstation. The X server process alone will consume half of that and system processes will consume another 1/5th. You really need more like 50-100MB of swap for any serious use of X, especially if you are doing 24bpp. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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