From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1B8B15852A for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CAC9E29E5; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:22:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B42AE29D6 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 92.40.191.99.threembb.co.uk ([92.40.191.99] helo=[192.168.212.217]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1shbkD-000000000bF-5NIQ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:22:53 +0100 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:22:51 +0100 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox, Seamonkey to if I can, and memory limits. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <3a29048a-5e6a-87df-a406-6e3a94002d9b@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Wol In-Reply-To: <3a29048a-5e6a-87df-a406-6e3a94002d9b@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 1a0dd791-d9c3-4bf6-9ec7-ebec83f8cb65 X-Archives-Hash: 02b06c385e75b78121ae1ab1a881aaa3 On 23/08/2024 19:38, Dale wrote: > Any ideas on how to limit Firefox memory usage?  Wouldn't mind if I > could use it for other programs too. cgroups? Dunno how they work, but it's something they're supposed to do ... Cheers, Wol