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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: measuring KDE memory usage
From:       Bo Thorsen <bo () sonofthor ! dk>
Date:       2001-02-28 8:03:44
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Tamas Szanto wrote:

> What kind of tool could you recommend for reporting KDE memory
> usage as precisely as possible? Top and its variants always show the
> amount of code+data together with the used shared memory, e.g. kwrite,
> (its file size is around 14 KB) has a full memory footprint of > 6 MB.
>
> Could anyone give me a rough estimate on the amount of physical memory used
> by a fresh X 4.02 + KDE 2.1 install (after loading the desktop, without any
> apps)?
> My wild guess is that KDE is consuming in the 10-15 MB range plus X
> allocates
> around 10 MB.

Use top. Size - share gives you a good approximation.

Bo.

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