In fact when compiling, freebsd uses lots of RAM, but then when finished, I don't see it frees the memory used. I see the ram consumption from the gnome system monitor. In any case, I have not payed a lot of attention since I haven't reach the point where freebsd has the need to use swap. Thanks anyway,
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 30/08/2006 16:52 Subject: Re: Install then reboot To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 07:58:58PM +0200, Jordi Carrillo wrote:
When I compile a new program from ports, freebsd takes quite a lot of RAM. Is that something right or it's a flaw? It does happen to you? The main problem is that not all memory used in compilation is freed, so it can be
a
problem (meaning rebooting) after compiling a very big software such as openoffice or gnome.
How much memory FreeBSD uses when installing a port usually depends on the port. However, how are you determining that the memory is not freed up after the port is done installing? Are you running into situation where a huge percentage of your ram is being used during the build process, which then forces the system to swap *after* the install is complete? If you are determining the amount of free ram by simply looking at top(1), and the system is not swapping, then I don't think you have an issue. FreeBSD will free up the memory when it needs it. Cheer, Jason _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- http://jordilin.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
