This bug affects me too. I posted about this on the ubuntu forums many months ago and got a "linux memory use is different from what you are used to" except that linux is really all I'm used to.
If I examine 'free', 'top', 'htop', system monitor, '/proc/meminfo', etc, they all say that I'm using about 2 GB (NOT including buffers or cache, with those it tops 3.3 GB). However, when I print 'ps aux' to a file and add up all the memory listed in there it only comes to 950 MB. So where has the rest gone? I am running a fresh (within 24 hrs), up-to-date Karmic official release install and this really bums me out! I was hoping that the problem would vanish when I up graded to 9.10. I had the same issue in Jaunty. I have attached the output of 'cat /proc/meminfo', 'free -t' and 'ps aux'. I imported the ps_aux data into OOCalc and added up all the process memory and it came to 25% or 993 MB. Free shows nearly 2 GB in use (3.3 GB with buffers). Karmic 64 bit Lenovo T400 4 GB RAM ATI Discreet graphics with fglrx driver (note: when I had this problem in 9.04, I was using integrated intel graphics) ** Attachment added: "mem_info.tar" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34853191/mem_info.tar -- Unknown/unaccounted memory leak https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432531 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
