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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: too much memory for kmail
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-04-30 18:12:38
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On Monday 30 April 2001 08:37, Pupeno wrote:
> On Monday 30 April 2001 02:37, Rik Hemsley wrote:
> > #if Pupeno
> >
> > > is it normal that kmail uses 17Mb of Ram ?
> > > In my system, Kmail it's using 17Mb of ram, just after X, using 30 Mb
> > > of ram (sis 620 :(
> >
> > grep VmData /proc/pid-of-kmail/status
> >
> > I think you'll find it's not taking 17Mb of RAM.
> >
> > Rik
>
> yes, you're rgiht, it says 5Mb.. why does top say 17Mb ?

Cause Linux fails miserably when it comes to reporting useable memory usage 
info. (Even Miquel agrees with me on this one :-)

Cheers,
Waldo
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