On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 11:14, Keith Winston wrote: > Camron W. Fox wrote: > > After six hours of not touching the machine: > > > > [cwfox@xxxxxx cwfox]$ free > > total used free shared buffers > > cached > > Mem: 1030512 739676 290836 0 17408 > > 611360 > > -/+ buffers/cache: 110908 919604 > > Swap: 2040244 0 2040244 > > [cwfox@xxxxxx cwfox]$ > > > > At the end of 12 hours (untouched), memory use is above 95% and I > > haven't even run an "ls". > > While you may not have done anything, Linux is never sleeping, it is > likely that after 12 hours, an updatedb was run to reindex your locate > database, countless other cron jobs were run and more stuff was given to > the disk cache. > > Does the machine ever lock up or refuse to run something after 12 hours? > > The Linux VM (which I know little about) was overhauled around 2.4.10, > but I would not worry unless you are seeing other symptoms. Try running > some memory hog programs like openoffice and mozilla after 12 hours > and recheck your memory. You should see some reallocation. > > Best Regards, > Keith > -- > LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ > Droplets of yes and no in an ocean of maybe > Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > Sorry. I failed to mention what happens afterwards. Yes, the system comes to a grinding halt if I try to run apps like mozilla or openoffice and makes operation untenable. I've double checked /etc/cron.d to make sure nothing unnecessary is running. It acts as if reallocation is not happening. -- Best Regards, Camron Camron W. Fox High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu America, Inc. Hilo Office E-mail: cwfox@xxxxxxxxxxx Phone: (808) 934-4102 Pager: (808) 934-1290 Cell: (808) 937-5026 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
