On Fri, 26 Dec 1997, Shaleh wrote:
> I am running 2.0.32 on a libc5 system(debian). After boot my machine
> consumes all but about 10 of my 64 megs of ram, and never frees it.
> Also there is 120k of swap used for no apparent reason (48mb total on
> system). I am at a loss for an explanation. 2.0.29 behaved similarly,
> but did not eat my swap and did not chew as much mem. Suggestions or a
> list important info needed to diagnose this problem welcome.
> gestalt:~% free
> total used free shared buffers
> cached
> Mem: 63464 54292 9172 5976 784
> -/+ buffers: 53508 8388
> Swap: 48348 120 48228 49284
>
> This is w/ nothing running but standard daemons, i.e.
> lpd,mingetty,inetd. My machine is a home workstation, so no incoming
> traffic or major internet stuff.
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Phil Brutsche
"Be of stout heart, Number One. We've handled the Borg. We can
certainly handle Admiral Jellico." - Jean-Luc Picard
----------------------------------------------------------------------