Too many processes question.
Les
hlhowell at pacbell.net
Fri Jan 26 08:20:03 UTC 2007
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 18:24 -0500, Matthew J. Roth wrote:
> Les wrote:
SNIP
> > Les H
> Les,
>
> Steve Siegfried provided some excellent advice, but I'd like to add a
> few more points. Your computer definitely looks to be memory bound. I
> totaled the %MEM column and came up with 150%. This means that the
> Linux kernel must swap memory pages out to disk, causing operations that
> would normally utilize the fastest part of the computer (RAM) to use the
> slowest part (hard disk).
>
> The good news is that RAM is cheap and increasing your physical memory
> to 512 MB (or 1 GB if your motherboard can handle it) should yield a
> noticeable improvement. For now, you could shut down some of the more
> memory hungry (and non-vital) services. yum-updatesd, beagled, and
> spamd are accounting for 47.7% of your physical memory alone. Shutting
> them down and configuring your desktop to consume fewer resources
> (terminate unnecessary programs and applets, disable desktop effects,
> etc.) should give you a reasonable idea of how the machine will perform
> with more memory.
>
> Finally, those processes that begin with "k" are special kernel
> processes. They should be there even if you are running from the
> command line. In other words, killing them would be a VERY BAD THING.
>
> I hope this is helpful,
Thanks, Matthew,
I understand the system limitations. But I want to run within these
physical limitations. Your response is a good start. Beagled and
Yumupdatesd and spamd are all goners, at least for now.
I know that I can buy more memory or a faster processor, but I am
working on something that must run on such hardware and I would prefer
to keep it as is.
Regards,
Les H
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