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TSming1	Nov 20 2007, 11:17 PM, updated 19y ago Show posts by this member only \| Post #1
Getting Started Junior Member 252 posts Joined: Jan 2005	Hi guys i juz installed opensuse 10.3 with KDE but later i found out that it consume too much memory below is the result of "top". How can i decrease the memory load? i am looking at the mem part. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « CODE top - 23:16:10 up 4:32, 3 users, load average: 1.20, 0.89, 0.90 Tasks: 121 total, 2 running, 119 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 2.8%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 92.1%id, 0.0%wa, 0.9%hi, 3.5%si, 0.0%st Mem: 1026324k total, 918156k used, 108168k free, 69148k buffers Swap: 2104444k total, 0k used, 2104444k free, 550968k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3043 root 15 0 302m 41m 4496 S 3 4.1 8:50.44 Xorg 24337 ming 15 0 115m 62m 15m S 3 6.3 0:19.49 opera 15507 ming 15 0 30576 14m 11m S 1 1.5 0:28.11 konsole 1914 root 13 -2 1652 368 272 S 0 0.0 0:10.64 ipw3945d 1 root 15 0 740 284 240 S 0 0.0 0:00.97 init 2 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd 3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/0 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 R 0 0.0 0:00.23 ksoftirqd/0 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/1 6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.12 ksoftirqd/1 7 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 events/0 8 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.51 events/1 9 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 khelper 29 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 kblockd/0 30 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04 kblockd/1 31 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 32 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpi_notify 178 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0 179 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/1 180 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 kseriod 207 root 19 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush 208 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.15 pdflush 209 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kswapd0 210 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 211 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1 450 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused 463 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.60 kondemand/0 464 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kondemand/1 515 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.73 ata/0 516 root 10 -5 0 0 0 D 0 0.0 0:19.10 ata/1 517 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux 524 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 scsi_eh_0 525 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:05.03 scsi_eh_1 849 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksuspend_usbd 852 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.09 khubd 1179 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:01.15 kjournald 1242 root 15 -4 2244 996 376 S 0 0.1 0:00.29 udevd 1655 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.57 ipw3945/0 1656 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ipw3945/1 1657 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 ipw3945/0 1658 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ipw3945/1 1824 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt 1937 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0 1988 root 19 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 pccardd 2085 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 kjournald 2093 root 15 0 3652 872 480 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 mount.ntfs-3g 2222 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kauditd 2517 root 15 0 1844 664 540 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 resmgrd 2519 root 18 0 1596 556 472 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid 2522 root 19 0 1736 528 324 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 klogd 2536 root 15 0 2124 696 444 S 0 0.1 0:00.30 syslog-ng 2537 messageb 15 0 2324 1004 660 S 0 0.1 0:32.14 dbus-daemon 2596 root 15 0 7468 2144 1424 S 0 0.2 0:00.04 console-kit-dae
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fyire	Nov 21 2007, 12:27 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #2
Look at all my stars!! VIP 9,270 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Somewhere out there	the memory readout on unix is kinda deceptive to most ppl. to get the actual ram that's used by your applications or daemons, you'll need to: ram used - buffers - cached which is just 298mb in your case, not the full 918mb that u see
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lelynx	Nov 21 2007, 12:42 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #3
Enthusiast Senior Member 838 posts Joined: Aug 2005 From: Selangor	fyire is right on the memory consumed... anyway, for those whom want to learn more, read this... http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linu...xw75LinuxMemory
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abubin	Nov 21 2007, 10:44 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #4
10k Club All Stars 10,429 posts Joined: Jan 2003	good thing about linux is that, it will not waste any unused RAM. Most of the leftover memory are used in buffers and cache. This will speed up the system instead of wasting time doing swaps to secondary memory. Only recently that vista is trying to do something like this.
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wKkaY	Nov 21 2007, 12:55 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #5
misutā supākoru VIP 6,008 posts Joined: Jan 2003	Speaking of which, my Xorg takes up 2.3GB RES and 4.3GB VIRT after a few hours using firefox 3 beta I have a feeling it's due to a hack that I applied to the full-page zoom, and also due to the nvidia X server leaking.
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ditesh	Nov 21 2007, 02:23 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #6
Getting Started Elite 192 posts Joined: Jun 2006	QUOTE(wKkaY @ Nov 21 2007, 12:55 PM) Speaking of which, my Xorg takes up 2.3GB RES and 4.3GB VIRT after a few hours using firefox 3 beta I have a feeling it's due to a hack that I applied to the full-page zoom, and also due to the nvidia X server leaking. thanks to memory issues, i gave up using firefox. epiphany is slightly better, but not by much. trying out midori
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TSming1	Nov 21 2007, 07:10 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #7
Getting Started Junior Member 252 posts Joined: Jan 2005	ooo..10x everybody.....
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kevler	Aug 22 2023, 06:07 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #8
trading in the zone Senior Member 2,939 posts Joined: Oct 2004 From: localhost	QUOTE(ming1 @ Nov 20 2007, 11:17 PM) Hi guys i juz installed opensuse 10.3 with KDE but later i found out that it consume too much memory below is the result of "top". How can i decrease the memory load? i am looking at the mem part. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « CODE top - 23:16:10 up 4:32, 3 users, load average: 1.20, 0.89, 0.90 Tasks: 121 total, 2 running, 119 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 2.8%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 92.1%id, 0.0%wa, 0.9%hi, 3.5%si, 0.0%st Mem: 1026324k total, 918156k used, 108168k free, 69148k buffers Swap: 2104444k total, 0k used, 2104444k free, 550968k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3043 root 15 0 302m 41m 4496 S 3 4.1 8:50.44 Xorg 24337 ming 15 0 115m 62m 15m S 3 6.3 0:19.49 opera 15507 ming 15 0 30576 14m 11m S 1 1.5 0:28.11 konsole 1914 root 13 -2 1652 368 272 S 0 0.0 0:10.64 ipw3945d 1 root 15 0 740 284 240 S 0 0.0 0:00.97 init 2 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd 3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/0 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 R 0 0.0 0:00.23 ksoftirqd/0 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/1 6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.12 ksoftirqd/1 7 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.26 events/0 8 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.51 events/1 9 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 khelper 29 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 kblockd/0 30 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04 kblockd/1 31 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 32 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpi_notify 178 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0 179 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/1 180 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 kseriod 207 root 19 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush 208 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.15 pdflush 209 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kswapd0 210 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 211 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1 450 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused 463 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.60 kondemand/0 464 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kondemand/1 515 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.73 ata/0 516 root 10 -5 0 0 0 D 0 0.0 0:19.10 ata/1 517 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux 524 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 scsi_eh_0 525 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:05.03 scsi_eh_1 849 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ksuspend_usbd 852 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.09 khubd 1179 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:01.15 kjournald 1242 root 15 -4 2244 996 376 S 0 0.1 0:00.29 udevd 1655 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.57 ipw3945/0 1656 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ipw3945/1 1657 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02 ipw3945/0 1658 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 ipw3945/1 1824 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt 1937 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0 1988 root 19 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 pccardd 2085 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.52 kjournald 2093 root 15 0 3652 872 480 S 0 0.1 0:00.01 mount.ntfs-3g 2222 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kauditd 2517 root 15 0 1844 664 540 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 resmgrd 2519 root 18 0 1596 556 472 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid 2522 root 19 0 1736 528 324 S 0 0.1 0:00.00 klogd 2536 root 15 0 2124 696 444 S 0 0.1 0:00.30 syslog-ng 2537 messageb 15 0 2324 1004 660 S 0 0.1 0:32.14 dbus-daemon 2596 root 15 0 7468 2144 1424 S 0 0.2 0:00.04 console-kit-dae It seems like you’re looking for specific steps to reduce memory usage in your openSUSE 10.3 KDE environment. Here are some detailed actions you can take: 1. Use Lightweight Applications: Replace memory-intensive applications with lighter alternatives. For example, you can use Chromium or Firefox ESR for browsing instead of the full version of Firefox. 2. Disable or Remove Unnecessary Services: Review the services running on your system and disable or uninstall those you don’t need. Use the YaST tool or command-line utilities like systemctl to manage services. 3. Optimize KDE Settings: • Desktop Effects: Go to System Settings > Display and Monitor > Compositor. Disable or reduce the intensity of desktop effects. • Window Management: Go to System Settings > Window Management. Adjust animations and behavior to reduce resource usage. 4. Reduce Autostart Applications: Go to System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Autostart. Disable unnecessary applications from starting with the system. 5. Monitor Widgets: Remove or minimize the use of resource-intensive widgets on your desktop. 6. Adjust Power Management: Configure power-saving settings to optimize resource usage when the system is idle. 7. Clean Up Temporary Files: Regularly clean up temporary files using the tmpwatch or tmpreaper utilities. 8. Upgrade KDE: If possible, consider upgrading KDE to a newer version. Newer releases often come with performance improvements and memory optimizations. 9. Switch to a Lightweight Desktop Environment: If reducing memory usage is a primary concern, you might consider switching to a lightweight desktop environment like XFCE or LXQt. 10. Consider Upgrading openSUSE: openSUSE 10.3 is quite outdated, and newer releases have likely improved memory management. Upgrading to a supported version of openSUSE is recommended. 11. Add More RAM: If your hardware allows, increasing the amount of RAM in your system can have a significant impact on overall performance and memory usage.
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