Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 01:19:01PM +0800, Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> was heard to say:
>> The kernel should handle cleaning up application memory (or "permanently
>> caching" any memory that wasn't de-allocated at the iceweasel/iceape
>> crashes. Once cached, if never called for again they'll just sit there
>> using some swapfile space. Until that fills, I wouldn't worry about doing
>> a full reboot.
>>
>
> Well, it doesn't. That is why I reboot after each mentioned crash. Because,
> the system monitor can show that up to 50% of the memory is still being
> used with no tasks visible in the taskbar after such a crash.
That is very interesting. What do you see if you run top, sorted by
memory usage (press "M") or "ps uax" after one of these crashes? If
memory isn't being reclaimed, it's almost certain that some process is
hanging onto it. I have a few guesses, but there's no substitute for
actual data.
Daniel
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