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minm 09-07-2004 01:10 PM

Ram being eaten by linux?
 
This is wierd, I just installed a 512 ram into my computer making it 1gig ram... now before i used to run my programs and it'll be using 400 megs, but nowit';s using 800.... is it like it even matter if i get more memory? seems like it ;\

masand 09-07-2004 01:23 PM

hi

just read somewhere in the forum that u need sometype of bigmem support for ur system in the kernel
here is the one

just read this one through

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=223835

regards

minm 09-07-2004 01:30 PM

thanks
hmm
that whole thread went way over my head
i'm afraid of compiling a kernal, firstly, i don't even know where to start, what it's meant for and how to do it :(

masand 09-07-2004 01:38 PM

hi
i hav ben using redhat /fedora and here i have a rpm package for a kernel which gives the support of bigmem in the kernel

u r using suse,and these rpm packages won't run for u so u need to compile ur own kernel

have a look in the
"newbie guide to kernel compiling by Dr Ozz" in the linux general section in this forum

regards

minm 09-07-2004 01:48 PM

so using that guide will and compiling a new kernal will fix that problem?

aaa 09-07-2004 01:57 PM

Don't worry about recompiling or anything. The highmem is needed for greater than 1 gb only. At most, you'd lose the use of ~24mb of ram. Also, don't worry about "execessive" ram use. Only worry if the swap is being used to much.

P.S. with that much ram you'd be able to run knoppix completely from ram. It will run sooo fast.

masand 09-07-2004 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by aaa
Don't worry about recompiling or anything. The highmem is needed for greater than 1 gb only. At most, you'd lose the use of ~24mb of ram. Also, don't worry about "execessive" ram use. Only worry if the swap is being used to much.

P.S. with that much ram you'd be able to run knoppix completely from ram. It will run sooo fast.

hi there
i too had the same opinion but the thread i mentioned above has it all
go through all of it.

i cannot test this because i do not have so much memory


and minm may be u can see by using "top" which of ur process is consuming the most regualrly

regards

Demonbane 09-07-2004 02:43 PM

I thought this is normal, Linux tries its best to make use of the available ram. What's the point of getting more ram if you don't want your system to use it?

minm 09-07-2004 02:59 PM

ok, im confused, what do i do, download the kernal from kernal.org, and compile it, or do i just ignore it?

i mean, i want it to use it, and i'm kinda annoyed how it slowly eats up my ram...

what do i do?

What kernal supportes 1gig ram?

rshaw 09-07-2004 03:08 PM

ignore it, this is normal on a linux system, it's just being claimed by the kernel for future use. as long as it's not swapping to disk excessively, and there is no system slowdown, there is no problem.

minm 09-07-2004 03:09 PM

ok thanks :)

michaelk 09-07-2004 03:19 PM

BTW what does commands top or free show as total memory?

minm 09-07-2004 06:31 PM

1036600

Electro 09-07-2004 08:52 PM

You have to recompile your kernel if you have more than 896 megabytes to get all the megabytes back that you installed. All you need to do is make sure you have the source code version that is the samve kernel version you are using. As su or root you should do "make oldconfig" under the kernel source directory (usually its /usr/src/linux). Then you can type either "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig".

Linux uses some memory for buffering, caching, and other things. Windows users gets confused how memory management in Linux is handled.

Quote:

What kernal supportes 1gig ram?
All 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels supports memory up to 64 GB. You just need to set a few options, compile the kernel, and then you will get to use 1 GB of RAM. Pretend that the kernel is an engine. You can add or subtract features that you need or do not need. You can also tweak it to make your system fast or secure it to be used in a server. Almost all OS uses the name kernel, but you will not see or modify it in those OS as much as in Linux.

minm 09-08-2004 10:11 AM

i'm soo confused right now, people say don't worry but people say recompile

*mind blows up*

hehe


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