memory usage

[Jerry S.]

Howdy r.,

  Keep in mind that linux kernel uses availible ram for filesystem
  caching.  Not uncommon for the system to show 90+% ram usage because
  of this.  You might want to run top to see what programs are using
  what memory.

  jer

Tuesday, April 09, 2002, 8:58:22 AM, you wrote:

rm> How do I find out how much memory my system is actually using?  I've run
rm> some of the monitor applets and I'm told that over 90% of my ram is
rm> being used.  I have 640Mb of ram so I shouldn't be using over 90% when
rm> I've just loaded gnome, right?  Otherwise something is really wrong
rm> here, and yes I do have the high memory stuff in my kernel.
rm> thanks,
rm> r. May

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 Jerry                            mailto:jer_57@yahoo.com


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