Re: RAM 95% used
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:00:45PM EDT, somethin2cool wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
> >On Sunday 29 April 2007 16:19, somethin2cool wrote:
> >>even though i'm not running anything.
> >>
> >>in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc
> >>dependencies.
> >>
> >>in resources, it says 204. given the sluggishness of the totally minimal
> >>system i believe the later.
> >>
> >>however, even if i was to open every gui ap, it shouldn't use that much.
> >>
> >>what's wrong with it? why is it using up my ram?
> >>
> >>atm, just ruunning xfce takes 200mb. nothing stupid is installed, the
> >>whole point was for a fast system
> >
> >I've already seen the same question today, about memory being eaten up,
> >and that too was someone using xfce. The answer was that xfce suffers from
> >memory leaks.
> >
> >The thing to do is log out of xfce, restart it, and keep an eye on memory
> >useage. If it is a memory leak problem, you should initially see hardly
> >any memory being used, and this will slowly creep up with the passing of
> >time.
> >
> >Nigel.
> >
> >
>
> Oh. kinda contradictory for the 'light' DE.
Two different things.
Memory leaks are almost always easy to fix .. once you know how/where
it's leaking, that is ..
Bloat is a design issue ..
In a sense, it's even easier to "fix" .. make up you mind whether you
really need all paraphernalia .. if you don't .. dump the bloody thing
and look for you fun elsewhere.
> Still, they seem on the ball.
I don't use XFCE but if it is something as clearcut as a memory leak ..
the first thing to do is to find out if there's a patch for it.
Go to their web site .. see what's the current version .. take a look
at the change log .. etc.
> I'm sure it'll be sorted in no time
Hopefully, you only need to upgrade.
Good luck with it.
Thanks,
cga
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