Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:51:33 -0500 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Measuring Free memory Message-ID: <8DFCC09B-1768-49E5-AD2E-84DB39B0C226@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201003171625.56749.lobo@bsd.com.br> References: <201003171546.00190.lobo@bsd.com.br> <44d3z2epp4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <201003171625.56749.lobo@bsd.com.br>
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Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> wrote: > On Wednesday 17 March 2010 19:03:03 Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> First, you'll need a precise definition of what you mean by "free >> memory". > > Free physical memory available. > >> >> Add the "-H" flag to get that value more precise. I suspect, >> however, >> that precision isn't really the right term for what you're after. > > I caught the -H flag right after I wrote the mail. The result has to > be > multiplied by 1024. > > It's possible you're right but what I am trying to do is to monitor > the amount > of free physical memory still on the system. > > To make a long story short, I am in a long stretch in trying to find > out why > 8-STABLE amd64+VBox+nvidia driver is freezing my system to power > button point. > I'm also seeing something similar although perhaps not related to (lack of) free memory. Are you able to enable debugging in the kernel and maybe get a (text)dump? >> Have you seen: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM >> and >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FREE-MEMOR >> Y-AMOUNT by any chance? >> > > Those were nice, Thanks. > > -- > Mario Lobo > http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br > FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99,7% winfoes > FREE) > _______________________________________________ > 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 > " I've sent a couple of textdumps to one of the FreeBSD VirtualBox devs but haven't heard back just yet. -Brandon
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