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Re: Tracking down memory leaks

From Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Tracking down memory leaks
Date 2015-10-21 08:40 +0200
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Marc Shapiro wrote on 10/21/2015 06:52:
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> Something is not freeing up memory.  It may, or may not be Firefox, but...  I
> can exit all programs and all instances of X, leaving only a single console
> running.  Top will show itself and bash, nothing else, but free can show over
> 2GB used.  If I then reboot, free will show only about 250 MB used.  Obviously
> something was tying up nearly 2 GB and it took a reboot to free it up.
> 
> Marc
> 
Which version of free you are using?
Where does it show 2 GB?
Do the 2 GB comprise buffered and cached data?
Please, show the the output of free.
-- 
Regards,
jvp.

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Tracking down memory leaks Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 16:30 +0200
  Re: Tracking down memory leaks The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-10-13 16:40 +0200
  Re: Tracking down memory leaks Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2015-10-13 17:00 +0200
    Re: Tracking down memory leaks Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 18:10 +0200
      Re: Tracking down memory leaks Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2015-10-18 22:00 +0200
        Re: Tracking down memory leaks Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-10-21 07:00 +0200
          Re: Tracking down memory leaks Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2015-10-21 08:40 +0200
            Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-10-22 16:30 +0200
              Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-10-22 16:40 +0200
                Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 19:30 +0200
                Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-10-23 19:40 +0200
                Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 20:10 +0200
                Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-10-23 20:40 +0200
                Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 20:20 +0200
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              Re: Tracking down memory leaks David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-10-22 17:30 +0200
                Re: Tracking down memory leaks Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 08:30 +0200
              Re: Tracking down memory leaks (SOLVED) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-23 09:40 +0200
        Re: Tracking down memory leaks Michael Jones <mj@mikejonesey.co.uk> - 2015-10-21 23:40 +0200
  Re: Tracking down memory leaks Michael Jones <mj@mikejonesey.co.uk> - 2015-10-21 23:30 +0200
  Re: Tracking down memory leaks Michael Jones <mj@mikejonesey.co.uk> - 2015-10-21 23:40 +0200

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