On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 10:33:21PM +0100, James Burke wrote: > On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:22:10 -0400 > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a laptop with 256 MB, and while not a powerhouse, it can run > > Firefox and OOo under WindowMaker without getting into swap (as long as > > Firefox is not open too long, with the memory leak and all). It is not > > surprising that the OP, with only 128 MB, is always getting into swap. > > > > Thats the difference, I've got firefox running all the time. X is still > using more memory than firefox though. I've used slackware with this laptop > without swapping. >
As I said, I don't normally hit swap. But, it is interesting to know that X uses more memory on your system. I frequently experience the Mozilla memory leak, so I see a notable difference in memory consumption from simply closing and reopening Firefox. Strange. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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