Re: [gentoo-user] memory used

2005-04-22 Thread Steven R. Ringwald
George Roberts wrote: I started using Linux again a couple of months ago. After I installed Mandrake /noticed that if my computer sat idle over night the memory usage went up from 100 megs to 2-300 megs ( I have 1 gig of ram, so no biggie). I switched to Gentoo and have noticed the samething. Af

Re: [gentoo-user] memory used

2005-04-22 Thread Robert G. Hays
Maybe someone else knows, but my guess, from the numbers I see at the top of the screen when running :: top suggest that this is cached stuff, maybe from cron et al, or files or screensaver. Somebody please enlighten us both! rgh. George Roberts wrote: I started using Linux again a couple of

[gentoo-user] memory used

2005-04-22 Thread George Roberts
I started using Linux again a couple of months ago. After I installed Mandrake /noticed that if my computer sat idle over night the memory usage went up from 100 megs to 2-300 megs ( I have 1 gig of ram, so no biggie). I switched to Gentoo and have noticed the samething. After watching this sinc

Re: [gentoo-user] memory used

2005-04-22 Thread Phil Sexton
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 17:34, George Roberts wrote: > It is not causeing any issues with my computer. I just puzzles the snot > out of me why this is happening. > Thanks. Perhaps these will help enlighten you. # Memory and swap information cat /proc/meminfo free An article, Tips for Optimizing L