Michael Malik wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed SL 4.3 x86_64 on several different systems and I have 
> noticed that the memory being used keeps growing each day.  I looked at 
> the system monitor applet in gnome (double-clicked the memory monitor) 
> and noticed that there are a large number of programs taking up about 
> the same amount of memory (today this is around 135 MB each -- python 
> tops the list at 203 MB usage, followed by nautilus at 173 MB, and then 
> gnome-terminal at 166 MB, then the rest at about 135 MB).  Looking at 
> usage in "top" I see the same thing.  This memory usage is having a 
> serious impact on system performance and the only cure we have at the 
> moment is to reboot every day.
> 
> The hardware we are using is: AMD Athlon 64 3200+, nVidia 6600 PCIE, 
> Seagate 250 MB 7200.8, MSI K8N Neo4 f, 1 GB DDR PC3200 Corsair ValueSelect.
> 
> So my question is: does anyone know if this is a memory leak or some 
> kind of bug in gnome, the kernel, or perhaps something else?  Thanks!

This is the first I've heard of this.
What all is installed?  And are you adding any extra rpm's?
If the user just log's out, does the problem go away?  Rebooting seems 
rather drastic.

Also, what does
   free -m
report?

Troy
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