Re: memory issues

[Adrian Hosey <ahosey snowcrash kiva net>]

: I have 24M RAM and ~45M swap but that shouldn't be the problem.  It runs fine
: for a while, but then starts to go crazy.  I've been trying to identify the
: point at which it happens, but I hvae not been able to reproduce it.  I mean,
: it happens every time but I cannot deliberately _make_ it happen.

You need to identify which process(es) are leaking memory. Start GNOME
fresh and do 'ps wwwaux' and capture it to a file. When your swap
starts thrashing, do another 'ps wwwaux' and compare the two for
inflated process sizes. The usual suspects are: your X server, your
window manager, Netscape (if you leave it running for a while).

Personally I also find gtop very useful for this, in addition to just
ps.

    - A

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