Re: Query about existence of way to free up unnecessary RAM usage
On 10/09/2014, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 02:21:14 +0800
> Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> "
>> :~$ vmstat -S M
>> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system--
>> ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo
>> in cs us sy id wa 15 0 1725 88 85 1348 0 1
>> 7 11 2 1 13 1 86 0 "
>>
>>
>> "
>> :~$ vmstat -S M -a
>> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system--
>> ----cpu---- r b swpd free inact active si so bi bo
>> in cs us sy id wa 12 0 1725 86 2194 13233 0 1
>> 7 11 2 1 13 1 86 0 "
>
> Hmmmm,
>
> Run htop, press F6 for sortby, sort by mem, and see what you get. LOL,
> I got about 20 iceweasels each taking 2.9%.
>
I did that, got about 10 instances of opera accessing something that
had been closed, each instance using about 5GB (?) or, listed as using
that much, and, so, I killed each of those processes, which killed
opera, so I reloaded opera, and now it does not show as accessing
those URL's, and, with 9 opeera windows open, it shows as 8 instances
of Opera, each using about 4GB of virtual memory.
As Opera is javascript enabled, I assume that it is that.
I also see listed, eleven instances of gnome mplayer, each using about
427MB, and, no instances of mplayer, are running (well, they think
they are running, obviously, but, none are supposed to be running,
and, no instances show in the taskbar).
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
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you'll know what the answer means."
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Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
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published by Pan Books, 1992
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