Memory usage

[Ioannis Vranos]

Perhaps that's the culprit application. If not someone else suggests
something better, try disabling it as a test.


On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 23:45 +0300, Cristopher Thomas wrote:
> Gnome Do, I believe.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 23:37, Ioannis Vranos
> <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 23:14 +0300, Cristopher Thomas wrote:
> >> I'm not really sure how best to describe my problem, but I have a couple
> >> screenshots here that will hopefully help:
> >>
> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1028931/htopOnBoot.png
> >>
> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1028931/1DayLater.png
> >>
> >> Both screenshots were taken with approximately the same programs
> >> running, with the exception that in the 1DayLater shot I was running
> >> DockbarX instead of Docky.  Looking at the Memory usage indicator at the
> >> top left, you can see that the numbers are pretty close.  However, the
> >> bar indicator in the second shot shows that significantly more memory is
> >> being used that in the first.  What I'm trying to figure out is where
> >> the discrepency is coming from.
> >>
> >> Generally I only reboot my computer when an update has been installed
> >> that requires it.  However, since installing Maverick I've found that if
> >> I do that, after a few days the system starts slowing down and even
> >> freezing up occasionally.  Then I reboot and the cycle begins again.
> >>
> >> Based on my limited understanding of how memory is used, it seems to me
> >> that instructions are being cached, but somehow that space is not being
> >> made available later.  That was probably gibberish, but if you have a
> >> better idea of what is happening, help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > What's that Do.exe that is running by the way?