Quoting Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Also remember that when trying to diagnose the problem "no memory" is > normal. Linux (the kernel) will use as much memory as it can get away with > for buffers and caching. I'm hopping in at the middle here so you might > have mentioned that you're aware of that but it bears repeating for any others > following the conversation who is not aware. It truly is one of the most > FAQs when it comes to Linux. > >As such when checking free use the figures on the 2nd line: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/News/Pan} free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 904592 854808 49784 0 27572 439384 > -/+ buffers/cache: 387852 516740 > Swap: 65520 58332 7188 >
Just to make things completely clear (I'm a newb), you're saying that the actual amount of RAM not being used by a specific process is 516740? Thanks -- M. Kirchhoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]