Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 11:39:32 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: kouye@wanadoo.fr (edward) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD not giving back memory Message-ID: <200511041639.jA4GdWlc003246@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <436B8D1A.3080000@wanadoo.fr>
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> > Hi all, > I use 5.4 Stable on an i386 machine with xorg 6.8.2 and kde 3.4.0. I > have been doing a number of RAM intensive tasks such as converting video > files and moving big files (7 or 8 Gb) back and forth over a LAN. I have > also installed and configured Wine, although I haven't done much with it > just yet. I have 26 Gb on my FreeBSD partition (excluding swap) that is > used up at 78%. > I notice that when quitting all applications, the RAM used is not > released and 476 Mb of RAM out of 512 Mb available are still indicated > as being in use. Is FreeBSD not giving back memory when processes are over ? > Edward I think maybe you are misunderstanding how memory is apportioned and reported. I am not the best one to answer on this, but it has been a topic in questions a number of times, so some searching in the archives might be provide an answer. I wouldn't be surprised if there is even a FAQ on it. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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