Hi
below are the top output on my box and would like to know how i can utilise my memory in a better way, seems like the whole lot is used and the system is a bit slow...!



top - 23:36:26 up 1:15, 1 user, load average: 0.31, 0.16, 0.14
Tasks: 77 total, 1 running, 76 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 7.6% us, 1.7% sy, 0.0% ni, 90.4% id, 0.0% wa, 0.3% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 256412k total, 250252k used, 6160k free, 17700k buffers
Swap: 511520k total, 1180k used, 510340k free, 74716k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
3642 root 15 0 56416 20m 41m S 4.6 8.2 4:16.70 X
5591 diogo 15 0 27872 14m 25m S 2.6 6.0 0:01.39 kdeinit
3807 diogo 15 0 53464 42m 31m S 2.0 17.1 2:55.94 kdeinit
5599 diogo 17 0 1760 904 1540 R 0.7 0.4 0:00.05 top
2852 root 16 0 2724 1356 2404 S 0.3 0.5 0:01.38 powersaved
1 root 16 0 588 240 444 S 0.0 0.1 0:06.32 init
2 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
3 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.12 events/0
4 root 11 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
5 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 kblockd/0
6 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush
8 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.81 pdflush
10 root 8 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
9 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.36 kswapd0
168 root 16 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
449 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 reiserfs/0
trial

It seems like nearly all your memory is used but this is because 74716K is used as cache and this will be freed up if any process requires it. You don't say which GUI you are using but KDE takes up a lot of memory. You might try gnome or one the lighter GUIs (eg fluxbox).

hi
thks for the reply, I am using KDE 3.2 and sort of like it for a first timer to linux. I will be trying out Gnome eventually to see to which GUI I can settle down to, till then any pointers to free up the sys...?

rgds

Also , anyway can tell me how I can know which Suse I am running...I have done a ftp install...???

rgds

Sorry incomplete info...I did a 9.1 ftp install so would like to know which I am running personal or pro...? how can I find out...?

The SuSE ftp install is closer to the professional version, as it contains the development packages needed to compile programs. NOTE: This is what I have gathered from those who have done the ftp install - I myself, have not.

If you're looking for a less resource intensive window manager, then switching to Gnome isn't going to do much for you either. You can try closing down the apps that you don't need.

From the command line:

Su into root
<password>

ps -ef
Kill <pid>

Then run top again and see if it helps you. Note that you shouldn't kill any process that is being run by root, as they could be a system process. A lot of processes are started when you login to KDE...

Mine is running really slow also. But im a *Nix nubie. how do i switch to gnome?
Im running SuSE 9.1 personal.
john

I found suse 9 slow no matter what I did. I have just gone back and tried the new 9.2 and it doesn't seem to be as bad.

If you think there is a problem, check your drive dma status (hdparm) and go into the run level editor and disable any service you know you don't need.

Your suse version is in /etc/SuSE-release

If you want to stick with KDE you can update it to 3.3 (which is faster). Here is a thread that shows you how

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=248790

Better still get a copy of SuSE 9.2.

Earlier I suggested Fluxbox so I downloaded the latest version. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles that KDE has but it is very nippy.

hi
thks to all for the replies

I have just upgraded KDE to 3.3 let me see how it fares on my box. BTW I just realised that I cannot enter into my cd drives. the CD icons show up on my desktop but when i try to access them it says
Could not enter folder /media/cdrecorder or for that matter cdrom what is the problem I just noticed it cause was busy on work. Have just installed suse a few days back haven't got time to go into it as yet.
and I am a newbie to this world ...just to remind all the nice guys, sorry for if Q's are silly...

rgds

Go into Yast and cd roms. Check that the mount points are correct

i suggest you to try the fastest and coolest window manager:

xfce4

even though i use a relatively fast pc, i prefer the fast and customizable look & feel of xfce.

give it a try, especially the 4.2 version from their page: xfce.org

best regards.