Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Consumed Memory
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:37:03
Message-Id: 200906292236.59582.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Consumed Memory by sean
1 On Montag 29 Juni 2009, sean wrote:
2 > The memory for my system is slowly consumed and not released.
3 > A real annoyance!
4 >
5 > I am not sure what task(s)is eating up the system memory and wanted to
6 > ask if anyone has any tips on how to track it down?
7 >
8 > I do notice that the Mozilla products, Thunderbird with or without the
9 > Lightning extension, and Firefox consume a lot of memory, but appear to
10 > release on close of the application. Does anyone else see these products
11 > using so much memory when running?
12 >
13 > Thanks
14 > Sean
15
16 yes. Firefox is a hog.
17 Also watch X. Drivers are prone for memleaks.