Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:23:17 +0200 From: Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd@orchid.homeunix.org> To: Jordi Carrillo <jordilin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Install then reboot Message-ID: <44F5E5A5.3080208@orchid.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <94ff3700608301205x4b091709ufe366822e2aac39@mail.gmail.com> References: <94ff3700608301058r1b0f2308u7f7b9e86f55b610f@mail.gmail.com> <20060830145222.GB65929@sentinelchicken.net> <94ff3700608301205x4b091709ufe366822e2aac39@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC40B255FD80FF49FD881A45D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [format recovered, please don't top post to the list] On 30/08/2006 21:05, Jordi Carrillo wrote: >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net> >> Date: 30/08/2006 16:52 >> Subject: Re: Install then reboot >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>=20 >> 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 ma= in >>> problem is that not all memory used in compilation is freed, so it ca= n be >> a >>> problem (meaning rebooting) after compiling a very big software such = as >>> openoffice or gnome. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Cheer, >> Jason > > In fact when compiling, freebsd uses lots of RAM, but then when finishe= d, 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, Basically, "free memory is wasted memory". It's in the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEME= M Regards, Karol --=20 Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org> OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc --------------enigC40B255FD80FF49FD881A45D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE9eWlezeoPAwGIYsRCMNYAJwLgAF/s9maLwKfJ+0UZGn9YJu0vgCeIJTK AXHJiRiE9NjoMADApg53nk0= =/l9N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC40B255FD80FF49FD881A45D--
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