Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-programming (84 mails)

[Savvas Ladopoulos <dimladop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for your input. 

The problem still is not solved, however it is true that Linux will use
all the available memory it finds.
The problem is that, what causes stability problems escapes TOP.


Στις 31/Ιούλ/2004, ημέρα Σάββατο και ώρα 14:58, ο/η Martijn Houtman
έγραψε:
> Hello,
> 
> On 28-jul-04, at 23:53, Savvas Ladopoulos wrote:
> 
> > Dear all,
> >
> > 	I have installed Suse 9.0 in two pcs.
> > 1. A Pentium III with 256 MB of RAM.
> > 2. A AMD 3200 with 1024 MB of RAM.
> >
> > Both have the same problem.
> >
> > Using top can see that used memory increases by 4-20kb every 1-2 secs
> > and free is reduced by that amount. Further buffer size increases.
> > Eventually all physical and swap is used and if unlucky will Hung too!
> >
> > 	Has anybody came across the same problem and if so what is set so
> > wrong?
> > Why buffer size increases all time ?
> 
> A friend of mine was asking me the same thing a few days ago. Not sure 
> what configurations he's using, but he was talking about all resources 
> being eaten up as well. I just know he's running suse 9.1, so it's not 
> the same version, but it sure it worth looking into.
> 
> It sounds like some application is not dealing with its memory 
> resources too well. Then again, top should show this application as the 
> one eating up the memory. I shall contact my friend and ask for more 
> information ASAP.
> 
> Kind regards,
> -- 
> tinus.