Re: Memory leaks maybe netscape

[Tom Gilbert <gilbertt tomgilbert freeserve co uk>]

* Georges-Henry PORTEFAIT (chewbee@cybercable.fr) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using GNOME on a SUSE  system (pentium II  Mb of RAM)

Only 11 Mb of RAM?
Or is that 2Mb or RAM in roman numerals?
;-)
 
> I noticed that each time I close netscape ( I.e end the application
> ) a bit of memory is no longer avalaible. Which means that even if
> the process is terminated the memory is kind of lost forever. Not
> quite if I end the gnome session and then leave the X server I'll
> get my memory back.

How much memory, and which application is growing?

Top is your friend.

Run top, set update speed to 1 (press s 1) and sort by memory (shift
m) and watch. When you open and close netscape, which application
grows without shrinking again?

Tom.
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