This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C064E2.54391EF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have 256MB of RAM in my system running RH6.2 on a PII 233Mhz MMX. here is what free is reporting: total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 257720 218468 39252 52564 138004 34356 - -/+ buffers/cache: 46108 211612 Swap: 130748 4448 126300 Now it seems to bounce back and forth between low usage, like 40-60MB used to 200+ used. It' almost like windows in this issue: I attached a ps -A to a txt file (was to spammy to paste). I am running KDE ver 1.1.2 and even with that, of course being displayed on an Xserver on another machine, I still get really good memory useage cept when I get this moments when it's all taken up. I'm stumped. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBOjebvkMEEOy70wAmEQKOBwCfb5GhU9SWBQYo4gq5Uy/0rUCEnKsAn22o lXIMnnEP3lJ1yz3muk4Y3onG =wboo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C064E2.54391EF0 Content-Type: text/plain; name="meminfo.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="meminfo.txt" PID TTY TIME CMD=0A= 1 ? 00:00:04 init=0A= 2 ? 00:00:01 kflushd=0A= 3 ? 00:00:04 kupdate=0A= 4 ? 00:00:00 kpiod=0A= 5 ? 00:00:01 kswapd=0A= 6 ? 00:00:00 mdrecoveryd=0A= 358 ? 00:00:00 portmap=0A= 372 ? 00:00:00 apmd=0A= 399 ? 00:00:00 automount=0A= 452 ? 00:00:00 mcserv=0A= 466 ? 00:00:01 syslogd=0A= 475 ? 00:00:00 klogd=0A= 489 ? 00:00:00 xntpd=0A= 503 ? 00:00:00 atd=0A= 518 ? 00:00:00 crond=0A= 532 ? 00:00:00 inetd=0A= 546 ? 00:00:00 named=0A= 556 ? 00:00:01 sshd=0A= 571 ? 00:00:00 lpd=0A= 586 ? 00:00:00 dhcpd=0A= 630 ? 00:00:00 sendmail=0A= 645 ? 00:00:00 gpm=0A= 716 ? 00:00:00 xfs=0A= 723 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 805 ? 00:00:00 netmush=0A= 825 ? 00:00:00 nessusd=0A= 829 tty1 00:00:00 mingetty=0A= 830 tty2 00:00:00 mingetty=0A= 831 tty3 00:00:00 mingetty=0A= 832 tty4 00:00:00 mingetty=0A= 833 tty5 00:00:00 mingetty=0A= 834 tty6 00:00:00 mingetty=0A= 985 ? 00:00:00 kbgndwm=0A= 992 ? 00:00:01 kfm=0A= 993 ? 00:00:00 krootwm=0A= 1060 ttyS2 00:00:00 pppd=0A= 1101 ? 00:00:00 dynipclient=0A= 1160 ? 00:00:00 smbd=0A= 1169 ? 00:00:00 nmbd=0A= 1172 ? 00:00:00 nmbd=0A= 1417 ? 00:00:03 kwm=0A= 1437 ? 00:00:00 kbgndwm=0A= 1444 ? 00:00:07 kfm=0A= 1445 ? 00:00:00 krootwm=0A= 1446 ? 00:00:05 kpanel=0A= 1452 ? 00:00:02 konsole=0A= 1454 pts/3 00:00:00 bash=0A= 1633 ? 00:00:00 rt=0A= 1640 ? 00:00:04 pload=0A= 1641 ? 00:07:22 xosview=0A= 1645 pts/3 00:00:00 su=0A= 1647 pts/3 00:00:00 bash=0A= 1825 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1826 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1827 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1828 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1829 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1830 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1831 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1832 ? 00:00:00 httpd=0A= 1908 ? 00:00:02 in.ftpd=0A= 1920 ? 00:00:00 smbd=0A= 2040 ? 00:00:01 kvt=0A= 2041 pts/4 00:00:00 bash=0A= 2062 pts/4 00:00:00 ps=0A= ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C064E2.54391EF0--