Hello,
Can anyone tell me what in my computer takes so much RAM?
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 514592 390860 123732 0 23684 215796
-/+ buffers/cache: 151380 363212
Swap: 1020088 0 1020088
bash $ ps -Aeo pmem,args |sort gives me
0.0 [bdflush]
0.0 gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps/2
0.0 init [5]
0.0 [kapmd]
0.0 [keventd]
0.0 [khubd]
0.0 [kjournald]
0.0 [kjournald]
0.0 [kjournald]
0.0 klogd -x
0.0 [ksoftirqd/0]
0.0 [kswapd]
0.0 [kupdated]
0.0 [mdrecoveryd]
0.0 [netstat <defunct>]
0.0 [netstat <defunct>]
0.0 /sbin/mingetty tty1
0.0 /sbin/mingetty tty2
0.0 /sbin/mingetty tty3
0.0 /sbin/mingetty tty4
0.0 /sbin/mingetty tty5
0.0 /sbin/mingetty tty6
0.0 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 17
0.0 /usr/sbin/apmd -p 10 -w 5 -W -P /etc/sysconfig/apm-scripts/apmscript
0.1 /bin/sh /usr/local/mozilla-firebird/run-mozilla.sh /usr/local/mozilla-firebird/MozillaFirebird-bin
0.1 /bin/sh /usr/local/thunderbird/run-mozilla.sh /usr/local/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin
0.1 crond
0.1 dbus-daemon-1 --system
0.1 gnome-pty-helper
0.1 portmap
0.1 ps -Aeo pmem,args
0.1 /sbin/cardmgr
0.1 /sbin/dhclient -1 -q -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-eth0.leases -pf /var/run/dhclient-eth0.pid -cf /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
0.1 /sbin/pam_timestamp_check -d root
0.1 sort
0.1 syslogd -m 0
0.1 /usr/bin/lisa --quiet --config=/etc/lisarc
0.1 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
0.1 /usr/libexec/mapping-daemon
0.1 /usr/sbin/atd
0.1 /usr/sbin/smartd
0.1 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
0.2 bash
0.2 fam
0.2 /usr/sbin/sshd
0.3 /usr/bin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
0.4 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
0.4 /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=19
0.4 xscreensaver -nosplash
0.5 sendmail: accepting connections
0.5 /usr/bin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
0.7 pam-panel-icon --sm-client-id default0
1.0 magicdev --sm-client-id default4
1.1 /usr/bin/gnome-session
1.1 xmms
1.2 eggcups --sm-client-id default6
1.2 /usr/libexec/notification-area-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_NotificationAreaApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=28
1.3 gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon --oaf-ior-fd=22
1.3 /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=30
1.4 /usr/bin/metacity --sm-client-id=default1
1.5 /usr/libexec/wnck-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=32
1.6 xfs -droppriv -daemon
2.0 gnome-panel --sm-client-id default2
2.4 gnome-terminal
3.0 nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default3
3.2 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/rhn-applet-gui --sm-client-id default5
3.6 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
4.0 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 5
8.2 /usr/local/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin
8.8 /usr/local/mozilla-firebird/MozillaFirebird-bin
And
bash]$ for file in `ps -aeo pmem --noheader` ; do sum=$file+$sum; done ; echo $sum 0 | bc
159.9
So where are the 200M missing memory ?
Can you give me a hint?
