Date: 11 Nov 2002 16:36:11 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 memory usage Message-ID: <44bs4vyek4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20021111102049.X4010-100000@daemon.velosystems.net> References: <20021111102049.X4010-100000@daemon.velosystems.net>
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Steve Wingate <steve@velosystems.net> writes: > I'm trying to figure out why X11 is using so much memory on my > workstation. Here is the output from 'top': > > PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU CPU COMMAND > 236 steve 2 0 215M 210M select 1 435:16 0.05% 0.05% XFree86 > > 215MB seems like alot to me. OTOH, this is a dual 1.8Ghz Xeon box with 1GB > RAM so I'm not losing any sleep over it. However I am curious to know if > this is normal or indicative of some memory leaks in applications. > My current environment is Gnome2, although the number doesn't decrease > drastically with Windowomaker either. Most of that memory is probably your video card being mapped in, not RAM usage. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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