Hey all, Here a simple one (ha, ha, ha). I reboot my machine, boot into X (4.0.3). I log in and KDE 2.1 shows up. I pull up Eterm and type top. It's using Initial Logon: Mem: 384136K av, 68104K used, 316032K free, 0K shrd, 2268K buff Swap: 530104K av, 0K used, 530104K free 34472Kcached 2 hrs later Mem: 384136K av, 133620K used, 250516K free, 0K shrd, 4640K buff Swap: 530104K av, 0K used, 530104K free 60572Kcached 2 days later Mem: 384136K av, 374572K used, 9564K free, 0K shrd, 1396K buff Swap: 530104K av, 108K used, 529996K free 138140Kcached How do you begin to really track this memory consuption down. Keep in mind I am using this machine and I need to continue to use this. Oddly, I never seem to used my swap, even if I'm doing some heavy computing (CAE design drawing) All suggestions welcome. It looks like something isn't properly releasing the memory... How can I track this.. Thanks -- Steven M. Klass Physical Design Engineering Manager Andigilog Inc. 7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100 Chandler, AZ 85226 Ph: 480-940-6200 ext. 18 Fax: 480-940-4255 sklass@andigilog.com http://www.andigilog.com