Re: Novice memory usage question (SOLVED)

Thank you for the tips. The relevant info was from http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/x1925.html#AEN2027 : I quote : "7.9. When I Add More Memory, the System Slows to a Crawl. This is a common symptom of a failure to cache the additional memory. The exact problem depends on

Re: Novice memory usage question

On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 05:34:05PM +0100, franck routier wrote: > Hi, > > I have added memory to my computer to up to 384 MB. > > When I check memory usage on my system (Gnome information Panel or even cat > /proc/meminfo), I'm very surprised to see that ~350 MB are used, with X / > Gnome started

Novice memory usage question

Hi, I have added memory to my computer to up to 384 MB. When I check memory usage on my system (Gnome information Panel or even cat /proc/meminfo), I'm very surprised to see that ~350 MB are used, with X / Gnome started + apache + exim + postgre's postmaster. Well, why not... but what surprises m