----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 6:20 AM Subject: Physical Memory is beeing filled (RH7.1) > Hi > > When I check the memory status within "KDE Control Center" or just by the > command "free" or "top", I can see how the physical memory is beeing filled > every time something is written onto the harddisk. After the writing > process, the physical memory is not beeing released anymore, that means that > the physical memory is beeing filled up to 100%. After that the virtual > memory starts to grow. > > Examle: I copy some files from a cdrom to the harddisk - the physical memory > increases. When I now delete the just written files again, the memory > consumption decreases again. That's really weird, isn't it? > > Does anyone have any idea what the reason for that could be? > > - The same problem occoured after I recompiled my kernel (2.4.2-2). > - I installed a new kernel (2.4.20-20.7) --> still the same problem. > > System Information: > - P4 2.6GHz > - 512MB RAM > - Linux RedHat 7.1 > - Filesystem: ext2 > > Thank you very much for your help! > Marcel Fritzenwallner Marcel, Your problem sounds like the Cache Swap bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226#c15 Try doing the following: >From the command line (as root) type: /sbin/sysctl -w vm.bdflush="30 500 0 0 2560 15360 60 20 0" Then edit your /etc/sysctl.conf file and add the following line: vm.bdflush="30 500 0 0 2560 15360 60 20 0" See if that helps. Ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
