Ram use growing?Forum: Other Help Topics Topic: Ram use growing? started by: kerry Posted by kerry on May 09 2006,16:03
I'm running DSL on my desktop and laptop, both are in ram. The desktop has 1gig, the laptop has 256mb(shared) and 512 swap(a usb key). I leave both these computers on and just let the screen go to sleep and just move the mouse to wake them up.Okay now here's what i don't get the desktop is working great it wakes up exactly as i left it. The laptop on the other hand when it sleeps and i wake it up the ram use is always growing a little. Like, i haven't used the latop for a couple of days and when i woke it up it had grown alot, normally the laptop is 34ram and 34swap, the swap stayed the same but the ram grew to 88. To fix it i just switch to jwm and back to fluxbox and it go's back to 34ram and 34swap. Screenshot-> < http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4561/laptop2cm.png > Does anyone else leave there laptop computers on and see this kind of odd behavor? Any ideas on why it's doing that? Any ideas how i should fix it? I've tried reinstalling toram but still get the same problem. The laptop has no hd, so no installing suggestions please. Posted by kerry on May 10 2006,01:55
Okay, I think i got it. The difference between my desktop and laptop was i updated alot of apps upgradeing mplayer from sarge on my desktop because i had more than enough room. So i did the same for the laptop, sacrificing about 20% more space so i get 50ram and 50swap with no apps open. Here's a pic->< http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/8315/fluxbox9rj.png > Posted by pr0f3550r on May 10 2006,15:02
Besides, running a swap partition a memory stick is somewhat... suicidal!
Posted by kerry on May 11 2006,03:21
The updates fixed the ram growing problem. The memory stick is one that ain't to good i think it's reaching the end of it's use. So for my purpose of needing extra space it works just fine. I haven't had any problem using the usb memory stick as swap. I have only seen it used when i first install all my programs which requiers more mem than i have stock, after that i barely see it used.
Posted by kerry on May 13 2006,13:18
Woohoo, 3 day's and working better than it was before->< http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/7127/desktop8ja.png > I haven't used my laptop for 3 day's to see if the ram is still growing when it sleeps. To my surprize it is actually using less ram now than when i let it go to sleep 3 days ago. And all the mydsl apps still open with out coming from swap. |