Re: Swap usage

[Robert Wolfe <robert@bufonline.dyndns.org>]

On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, theal wrote:

> Does anyone know how to tell what program or PID is causing swap usage? I have a system with 2 GB RAM so it should using little or no swap, but at times it does and I need to determine what the cause is.
>
> Tony

Log in as root or do an 'su' and at the prompt type 'ps -x' -- that will 
list all running processes for you.

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       $          $                      _
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$$     $ $$ggggg$ $     $ $ ,$P""  $ $    $
`$g. ,$$ `$$._ _. $ _,g$P $ `$b. ,$$ $    $
 `Y$$P'$. `Y$$$$P $$$P"' ,$. `Y$$P'$ $.  ,$.

Robert Wolfe -- robert@bufonline.dyndns.org
Running Debian 3.1 (sarge) on a Sun Ultra 5