Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 18:23:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Marius <marius@mail.communityconnect.com> To: Ramon A Hermon <rahermon@iastate.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mem Use Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105031816230.82281-100000@utterlux.hq.communitconnect.com> In-Reply-To: <003701c0d41c$91c08520$5103ba81@cs.iastate.edu>
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As stated before, the whole matter with memory usage is normal. As seen in my output for top: >last pid: 83829; load averages: 1.02, 1.03, 1.01 up 19+23:09:05 18:17:08 >70 processes: 4 running, 66 sleeping >CPU states: 14.7% user, 56.2% nice, 9.7% system, 0.0% interrupt, 19.4% idle >Mem: 109M Active, 138M Inact, 38M Wired, 2752K Cache, 48M Buf, 87M Free >Swap: 100M Total, 1224K Used, 99M Free, 1% Inuse *snip* So that shouldn't bother you at all. But then, is 'ls' really slow? I am sure my cpu is much slower then yours, but a simple command like 'ls' returns faster then I can finnsh pressing the enter key. -Marius M. Rex On Thu, 3 May 2001, Ramon A Hermon wrote: > Ok, as you might notice I am learning. Just installed FreeBSD 4.3 > and made my box stable. Last world was build this morning. > I modified my kernel as follow from GENERIC: > > ######################################## > machine i386 > cpu I586_CPU > ident ***** > maxusers 100 > > options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation > options INET #InterNETworking > options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols > options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] > options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support > options MFS #Memory Filesystem > options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device > options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem > options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem > options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required > options PROCFS #Process filesystem > options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] > options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI > options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console > options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor > options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor > options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support > options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory > options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues > options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores > options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions > options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > options ICMP_BANDLIM #Rate limit bad replies > options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev > options TCP_DROP_SYNFIN #drop TCP packets with SYN+FIN > options TCP_RESTRICT_RST #restrict emission of TCP RST > options DDB > options NTFS > options USER_LDT #allow user-level control of i386 ldt > > device isa > device eisa > device pci > > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 > device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 > device ata > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives > device atapist # ATAPI tape drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering > > > device adv0 at isa? > device adw > device bt0 at isa? > device aha0 at isa? > device aic0 at isa? > > > # SCSI peripherals > device scbus # SCSI bus (required) > device da # Direct Access (disks) > device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) > device cd # CD > device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) > > # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem > device dpt # DPT Smartcache - See LINT for options! > options DPT_LOST_IRQ > > > # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse > device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD > device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1 > device psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12 > > device vga0 at isa? > options VESA > > # splash screen/screen saver > pseudo-device splash > > #Video Capture > device smbus > device iicbus > device iicbb > device bktr > > #Sound > device pcm > device sbc0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 > > pseudo-device speaker > > > # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console > device sc0 at isa? flags 0x100 > options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=200 > options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT > > > > # Floating point support - do not disable. > device npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13 > > # Serial (COM) ports > device sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4 > device sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3 > > > # Parallel port > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > device lpt # Printer > device ppi # Parallel port interface device > > > > # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code. > # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs! > device miibus # MII bus support > > # ISA Ethernet NICs. > device ep > > # The probe order of these is presently determined by i386/isa/isa_compat.c. > device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 > #device le0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 5 iomem 0xd0000 > device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 drq 0 > device cs0 at isa? port 0x300 > device sn0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 > > # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate. > pseudo-device loop # Network loopback > pseudo-device ether # Ethernet support > pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. > pseudo-device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc) > pseudo-device md # Memory "disks" > pseudo-device gif 4 # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling > pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation) > > # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. > # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! > pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter > > # USB support > device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface > device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface > device usb # USB Bus (required) > device ugen # Generic > device uhid # "Human Interface Devices" > device ukbd # Keyboard > device ulpt # Printer > device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da > device ums # Mouse > device uscanner # Scanners > > ####################################################### > > > So why put all this? Because I think something is terribly wrong. > The box has 256MB of RAM but as I look at the memory utilization > all the RAM is used and swap may go to 1%(total swap 515MB) Even after > closing the apps my mem does not come down. No errors are reported :( > Is that a memory leak? > Oh, using KDE 2.1.1. > Nothing major running just normal use, like browsing > the www or using GTV Mpeg player. Even on console mode, since i dont boot > to KDE, a simple ls command will be noticeably slow. Perhaps, this is > normal ! > > I have been doing some reading, searching newsgroups and asking friends. > But I haven’t been looking in the right places since I still have no idea of > the problem. > > I am not asking for anybody to do the work for me but simply to point me in > the right direction. All the junk I included was for information and maybe > someone will see what is not obvious to me. > > Also, I have installed the OS like 5 times, build world just as many and > hack > the kernel another 8. > > Thanks for listening, > sorry about the whining, just a little tired. > > > Copyright (c) 1992-2001 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #0: Thu May 3 01:09:29 CDT 2001 > root@******.iastate.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/******* > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 501139856 Hz > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (501.14-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 > Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX> > AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!> > real memory = 268435456 (262144K bytes) > config> di sn0 > config> di lnc0 > config> di ie0 > config> di fe0 > No such device: fe0 > Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. > config> di ed0 > No such device: ed0 > Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. > config> di cs0 > config> q > avail memory = 257515520 (251480K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03a6000. > Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc03a609c. > VESA: v3.0, 16320k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc0335b42 (1000022) > VESA: STB Systems, Inc > K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers) > md0: Malloc disk > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > pcib2: <VIA 82C598MVP (Apollo MVP3) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on > pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib2 > pci1: <NVidia Riva TNT graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 11 > isab0: <VIA 82C686 PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0: <VIA 82C686 ATA66 controller> port 0xd000-0xd00f at device 7.1 on > pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 10 at device 7.2 > on pci0 > usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 10 at device 7.3 > on pci0 > usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > bktr0: <BrookTree 848> mem 0xe4800000-0xe4800fff irq 3 at device 9.0 on > pci0 > iicbb0: <I2C generic bit-banging driver> on bti2c0 > iicbus0: <Philips I2C bus> on iicbb0 master-only > smbus0: <System Management Bus> on bti2c0 > bktr0: Detected a DPL34-1@-@0 at 0x84 > bktr0: Intel Smart Video III/VideoLogic Captivator PCI, <no> tuner, > dpl3518a dolby. > pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 4 at device 10.0 on pci0 > dpt0: <DPT Caching SCSI RAID Controller> port 0x500-0x51f irq 11 at device > 12.0 on pci0 > dpt0: DPT PM2024A/9X FW Rev. 07CK, 1 channel, 64 CCBs > pcib1: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1 > ep0: <3Com 3C509-TPO EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 5 on isa0 > ep0: Ethernet address ************* > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 8250 > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold > ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP > Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: > ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 720C> SCP,VLINK > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 > ad0: 19574MB <WDC WD205BA> [39770/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 > ad1: 9671MB <WDC AC310100B> [19650/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 > afd0: 120MB <LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy> [963/8/32] at ata1-slave using > PIO2 > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad1s1a > cd0 at dpt0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0 > cd0: <SAF CD-R4012 6.0N> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > pid 312 (artsd), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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