Memory / Ram issues...please help..

elstupidos · 01-16-2005, 11:12 PM

I just installed Slackware 10.0 and using Gnome as default. When I boot into gnome im using around 200-230 megs of ram out of 512. Just from doing normal tasks my ram usage will end up getting to around 490-500 of usage with only a few free.
Even when I close the programs the ram usage doesnt seem to free up. What could be causing this? When I run ( ps -aux) I dont see and processes that seem to be hogging all the ram. This seem to happen most of the time when Im browsing using Firefox.
Right now I have Slack installed on a P3 1gig with 512 megs of ram and the OS just feels very sluggish.

Thanks for anyt help/advise

slackMeUp · 01-16-2005, 11:18 PM

well... first off, the ram usage seems normal. . .

If Linux has access to the RAM, it will use it.

take a look at this output.

Code:

#free -m

Pointing out the buffers and cached areas... they will answer where your memory is being used.

Linux~Powered · 01-16-2005, 11:21 PM

Quote:

If Linux has access to the RAM, it will use it.

Yes, why have all that RAM if you don't use it? If it's RDRAM I'll take it if you don't need it!