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From: Raul Gonzales <rg0076@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: rg0076@××××××××××.com
Subject: [gentoo-user] Free memory issue
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:41:48
Message-Id: 4A8852EA.2040406@googlemail.com
1 Hi all,
2
3 I wonder what is going on with my system. I have a 2G of physical RAM
4 but even without any major activity output of free,vmstat and top
5 reports only ~64M free. Would any one know how to find more - ps doesn't
6 show nothing wrong...
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11 free -m
12 total used free shared buffers cached
13 Mem: 1953 1888 65 0 143 1557
14 -/+ buffers/cache: 187 1765
15 Swap: 2055 0 2055
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18 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system--
19 ----cpu----
20 r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy
21 id wa
22 0 0 0 66720 147196 1594400 0 0 3 10 27 75 0 0
23 100 0
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26 top - 20:34:42 up 1 day, 9:40, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
27 Tasks: 99 total, 1 running, 98 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
28 Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
29 0.0%st
30 Mem: 2000552k total, 1934028k used, 66524k free, 147200k buffers
31 Swap: 2104504k total, 0k used, 2104504k free, 1594492k cached
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34 thanks a lot,
35 Raul

Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: Free memory issue Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Free memory issue Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>