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Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 688

[Solved]Htop / Mem issue

I'm not sure if this is a Htop or more of mem issue. But I fear that it really is a mem issue.
I've installed htop which is really cool and I keep it running in my Yakuake.
But I've noticed that mem usage bar behaves strangely. Here's the screenshot:

Even though I Htop shows that mem usage is cca 400 mb it's bar is "full".

I've also noticed that some apps (namely Dragon player(KDE)) need a lot of time to start.
That lead me to believe that I might have a real mem problem. I will do a memtest, but I just want to be sure if this isn't due to something else.
So do you experience same behaviour from htop?

Last edited by Primoz (2009-03-24 21:42:24)

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skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: [Solved]Htop / Mem issue

We just happen to have a brand spanking new wiki entry on this subject! This should clear it up for you. If it doesn't, post any questions that you have back here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ … ktop.3F.21

CheesyBeef

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Registered: 2008-06-04

Posts: 190

Re: [Solved]Htop / Mem issue

We just happen to have a brand spanking new wiki entry on this subject! This should clear it up for you. If it doesn't, post any questions that you have back here:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FAQ … ktop.3F.21

Oh my, I love whoever thought of that idea.  It is quite a common, and reasonable, question.

Edit: Wait, let me guess - was it Berticus?

Last edited by CheesyBeef (2009-03-24 18:51:45)

Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 688

Re: [Solved]Htop / Mem issue

I knew that Linux is caching in mem, but I forgot about it.
I ran free -m and got this:

 free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          2026       1963         63          0         49       1424
-/+ buffers/cache:        489       1537
Swap:          258         16        241

But then my system should fly with 1424mb cached. But it doesn't feel like it .
OK nothing wrong with my mem then and htop just shows all that cached things in orange part of bar which is "bigger" than the whole bar.
understood. Don't know how I could forgot about caching. Or more accurately never thought that it's so "violent".
Sorry for bothering you I should give Wiki a try first.

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Arch x86_64 ATI AMD APU KDE frameworks 5
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Whatever I do, I always end up with something horribly mis-configured.

skottish

Forum Fellow

From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: [Solved]Htop / Mem issue

I was just glad to point to the wiki article for the first time. It was written by pointone and is very new.