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From: greymaus on 19 Jun 2008 04:37 Slackware 12.1 Dell Dimension E521. 2.5 gigs memory installed, which runs down to 207 megs at present. (free -m) However, (free -tm) gives 2295 being free. What gives? -- Greymaus . . ....
From: Grant on 19 Jun 2008 05:43 On 19 Jun 2008 08:37:12 GMT, greymaus <greymausg(a)mail.com> wrote: >Slackware 12.1 >Dell Dimension E521. >2.5 gigs memory installed, which runs down to 207 megs at present. >(free -m) >However, (free -tm) gives 2295 being free. >What gives? man free: The -t switch displays a line containing the totals. grant(a)pooh:~$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2016 379 1637 0 98 154 -/+ buffers/cache: 126 1890 Swap: 2008 0 2008 grant(a)pooh:~$ free -tm total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2016 379 1637 0 98 154 -/+ buffers/cache: 126 1890 Swap: 2008 0 2008 Total: 4024 379 3645 What does yours say? Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: greymaus on 19 Jun 2008 07:37 On 2008-06-19, Grant <g_r_a_n_t_(a)dodo.com.au> wrote: > On 19 Jun 2008 08:37:12 GMT, greymaus <greymausg(a)mail.com> wrote: > >>Slackware 12.1 >>Dell Dimension E521. >>2.5 gigs memory installed, which runs down to 207 megs at present. >>(free -m) >>However, (free -tm) gives 2295 being free. >>What gives? > > man free: The -t switch displays a line containing the totals. > > grant(a)pooh:~$ free -m > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 2016 379 1637 0 98 154 > -/+ buffers/cache: 126 1890 > Swap: 2008 0 2008 > grant(a)pooh:~$ free -tm > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 2016 379 1637 0 98 154 > -/+ buffers/cache: 126 1890 > Swap: 2008 0 2008 > Total: 4024 379 3645 > > What does yours say? > > Grant. free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2529 2327 201 0 322 1534 -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 Swap: 0 0 0 free -tm total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2529 2328 201 0 322 1535 -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 Swap: 0 0 0 This is on a machine with X not working. Where is all the memory being used?. -- Greymaus . . ....
From: Grant on 19 Jun 2008 15:41 On 19 Jun 2008 11:37:12 GMT, greymaus <greymausg(a)mail.com> wrote: >free -m > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 2529 2327 201 0 322 > 1534 > -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 > Swap: 0 0 0 >free -tm > > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 2529 2328 201 0 > 322 1535 > -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 > Swap: 0 0 0 > > >This is on a machine with X not working. Where is all the memory being >used?. I can't make sense of the above :( Maybe you could try /proc/meminfo? Then 'ps aux' or 'top' to find which app is stealing, er using all the memory? Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: Kees Theunissen on 19 Jun 2008 16:45 Grant wrote: > On 19 Jun 2008 11:37:12 GMT, greymaus <greymausg(a)mail.com> wrote: > >> free -m >> total used free shared buffers cached >> Mem: 2529 2327 201 0 322 >> 1534 >> -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 >> Swap: 0 0 0 >> free -tm >> >> total used free shared buffers cached >> Mem: 2529 2328 201 0 >> 322 1535 >> -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 >> Swap: 0 0 0 >> >> >> This is on a machine with X not working. Where is all the memory being >> used?. > > I can't make sense of the above :( Does it make sense with some whitespace removed and the columns aligned? free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2529 2327 201 0 322 1534 -/+ buffers/cache: 470 2058 Swap: 0 0 0 Here the total memory in use is 2327 megabyte. But that includes the memory used as cache (1534 megabytes) of buffers (322 megabytes). If you don't take the cache and buffers into account then only 470 megabytes are used and 2058 are free (the "-/+ buffers/cache" line). Regards, Kees. -- Kees Theunissen.
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