[PlanetCCRMA] mem usage in fc5

Ken Smith kens@kensnet.org
Mon Dec 4 00:18:01 2006


Ken Smith wrote:

> plutek wrote:
>
>> greetings!
>>
>> i've just set up my laptop with fc5/ccrma, running the ratpoison 
>> window-manager. when i run top, after a fresh boot, i'm seeing 63 
>> processes running, and about 300Mb memory used. i've already disabled 
>> a bunch of unneeded services, and this seems to be about the best i 
>> can do. if i run gnome, services go up to 86, and memory usage up to 
>> 332Mb.
>>
>> when i last kept records of this sort of thing, i was on fc3/ccrma, 
>> and i was down to 56 processes with about 175Mb memory used. on fc3, 
>> even before culling services, i was at 70 services but only 183Mb 
>> used. even if i ran gnome, the memory usage only went up to 250Mb.
>>
>> so i'm wondering why 300Mb (out of 1Gb) is used by system processes, 
>> when i'm running a very light window manager and no desktop, and i've 
>> culled services -- seems awfully high to me.
>>
>> what sort of resource usage by the base system are others seeing on fc5?
>>
>>
>>
> Hi,
>
> Here are the stats from my system. The project is playing at the time 
> I took the attached top/ps. It has 10 tracks playing back, 10 
> groups/busses, 21 plugins running, Jamin running and Thunderbird 
> writing this email. This system only has 512M of memory and a P4 HT 3G 
> processor with the 2.6.16 CCRMA kernel. I'm using Gnome in standard 
> config.
>
> I know there are things running that I could stop, such as cups and 
> skype but memory shortage isn't bothering this system much right now.
>
> If I shut everything down and just have X/Gnome running there are 130 
> processes using 275M of memory.
>
> Does this help any?
>
> Ken
>
> # top -n 1
>
> top - 23:34:34 up  2:49,  2 users,  load average: 1.81, 1.99, 2.17
> Tasks: 137 total,   4 running, 133 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 28.0% us,  3.0% sy,  1.1% ni, 58.6% id,  9.3% wa,  0.0% hi,  
> 0.0% si,  0.0% st
> Mem:    495324k total,   489984k used,     5340k free,      432k buffers
> Swap:  1542200k total,   111420k used,  1430780k free,   166296k cached
>
>  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> 27878 root      16   0  162m 160m  22m S   62 33.2   3:38.36 ardour
> 27872 root      15   0  108m 107m  73m R   40 22.3   1:58.94 jamin
> 2736 root      16   0  163m  17m 4340 R    6  3.6  11:02.63 Xorg
>  182 root      15   0     0    0    0 D    2  0.0   0:09.70 kswapd0
>    1 root      16   0  2000  412  392 S    0  0.1   0:01.19 init
>    2 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.12 migration/0
>    3 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-high/0
>    4 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-timer/0
>    5 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.04 
> softirq-net-tx/
>    6 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.43 
> softirq-net-rx/
>    7 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-block/0
>    8 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-tasklet
>    9 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-hrtreal
>   10 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.45 
> softirq-hrtmono
>   11 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/0
>   12 root       5 -10     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.17 desched/0
>   13 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.17 migration/1
>   14 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-high/1
>   15 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-timer/1
>   16 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.01 
> softirq-net-tx/
>   17 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.10 
> softirq-net-rx/
>   18 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-block/1
>   19 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-tasklet
>   20 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 
> softirq-hrtreal
>   21 root      -2   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:01.25 
> softirq-hrtmono
>   22 root      RT   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/1
>   23 root       5 -10     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.21 desched/1
>   24 root      -2 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 events/0
>   25 root      -2 -20     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.02 events/1
>   26 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khelper
>   27 root      11  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kthread
>   30 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.23 kblockd/0
>   31 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.19 kblockd/1
>   32 root      11  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kacpid
>   33 root     -50  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 IRQ 9
>  125 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khubd
>  180 root      15   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.21 pdflush
>  181 root      15   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.39 pdflush
>  183 root      11  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 aio/0
>  184 root      11  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 aio/1
>  258 root     -81  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 IRQ 8
>  272 root      10  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.01 kseriod
>  277 root     -50  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:10.01 IRQ 12
>  309 root     -47  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:02.14 IRQ 14
>  311 root     -46  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:01.88 IRQ 15
>  313 root     -61  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:13.00 IRQ 17
>  371 root      12  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kpsmoused
>
>
>
> # ps auxf
> USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> root         1  0.0  0.0   2000   416 ?        S    20:45   0:01 init [5]
> root         2  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [migration/0]
> root         3  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-high/0]
> root         4  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-timer/0]
> root         5  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-net-tx/]
> root         6  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-net-rx/]
> root         7  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-block/0]
> root         8  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-tasklet]
> root         9  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-hrtreal]
> root        10  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-hrtmono]
> root        11  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [watchdog/0]
> root        12  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00 
> [desched/0]
> root        13  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [migration/1]
> root        14  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-high/1]
> root        15  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-timer/1]
> root        16  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-net-tx/]
> root        17  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-net-rx/]
> root        18  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-block/1]
> root        19  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-tasklet]
> root        20  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [softirq-hrtreal]
> root        21  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:01 
> [softirq-hrtmono]
> root        22  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [watchdog/1]
> root        23  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00 
> [desched/1]
> root        24  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00 
> [events/0]
> root        25  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00 
> [events/1]
> root        26  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00 
> [khelper]
> root        27  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00 
> [kthread]
> root        30  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kblockd/0]
> root        31  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kblockd/1]
> root        32  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kacpid]
> root        33  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 9]
> root       125  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [khubd]
> root       180  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [pdflush]
> root       181  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [pdflush]
> root       183  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [aio/0]
> root       184  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [aio/1]
> root       258  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 8]
> root       272  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kseriod]
> root       277  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:10  \_ 
> [IRQ 12]
> root       309  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:02  \_ 
> [IRQ 14]
> root       311  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:01  \_ 
> [IRQ 15]
> root       313  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:13  \_ 
> [IRQ 17]
> root       371  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kpsmoused]
> root       376  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 1]
> root       431  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kauditd]
> root       746  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 18]
> root       753  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 19]
> root       788  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 20]
> root       831  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 16]
> root       974  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 21]
> root      1013  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [msp34xx]
> root      1293  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:04  \_ 
> [IRQ 22]
> root      1323  0.1  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:18  \_ 
> [IRQ 23]
> root      1489  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 6]
> root      1502  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 7]
> root      1633  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [kmirrord]
> root      2571  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 3]
> root      2573  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   20:45   0:00  \_ 
> [IRQ 4]
> root       182  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:10 
> [kswapd0]
> root       389  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [kjournald]
> root       456  0.0  0.0   2216   312 ?        S<s  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/udevd -d
> root       837  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [khpsbpkt]
> root       978  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> [knodemgrd_0]
> root      2008  0.0  0.0   2228   132 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/dhclient -1 -q -cf /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf -lf 
> /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-eth0.leases
> root      2043  0.0  0.0   1656   404 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> syslogd -m 0
> root      2046  0.0  0.0   1600   292 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 klogd -x
> root      2056  0.0  0.0   1600   288 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> irqbalance
> rpc       2066  0.0  0.0   1732   296 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 portmap
> root      2091  0.0  0.0   4740   268 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> rpc.idmapd
> dbus      2105  0.0  0.0   3072   260 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> dbus-daemon --system
> root      2211  0.0  0.0   1872   492 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/automount --timeout=60 /net program /etc/auto.net
> root      2225  0.0  0.0   1920   212 ?        S    20:45   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/smartd -q never
> root      2234  0.0  0.0   1596   356 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/acpid
> root      2252  0.0  0.0   4972   340 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/sshd
> ntp       2264  0.0  0.8   4244  4244 ?        SLs  20:45   0:00 ntpd 
> -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g
> root      2273  0.0  0.0   1820   260 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 gpm 
> -m /dev/input/mice -t exps2
> root      2441  0.0  0.1   5184   544 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 crond
> xfs       2472  0.0  0.2   3944  1168 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 xfs 
> -droppriv -daemon
> root      2489  0.0  0.0   2156   340 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> /usr/sbin/atd
> root      2552  0.0  0.1   3136   616 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> cups-config-daemon
> 68        2562  0.0  0.2   5280  1472 ?        Ss   20:45   0:02 hald
> root      2563  0.0  0.1   3136   572 ?        S    20:45   0:00  \_ 
> hald-runner
> 68        2569  0.0  0.1   2232   532 ?        S    20:45   0:00      
> \_ /usr/libexec/hald-addon-acpi
> 68        2577  0.0  0.1   2236   560 ?        S    20:45   0:00      
> \_ /usr/libexec/hald-addon-keyboard
> root      2584  0.0  0.0   2196   408 ?        S    20:45   0:01      
> \_ /usr/libexec/hald-addon-storage
> root      2623  0.0  0.0   1588   344 tty1     Ss+  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/mingetty tty1
> root      2624  0.0  0.0   1588   344 tty2     Ss+  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/mingetty tty2
> root      2625  0.0  0.0   1584   344 tty3     Ss+  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/mingetty tty3
> root      2626  0.0  0.0   1584   344 tty4     Ss+  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/mingetty tty4
> root      2627  0.0  0.0   1588   344 tty5     Ss+  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/mingetty tty5
> root      2628  0.0  0.0   1584   344 tty6     Ss+  20:45   0:00 
> /sbin/mingetty tty6
> root      2629  0.0  0.1   4452   620 ?        Ss   20:45   0:00 
> /bin/sh /etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
> root      2688  0.0  0.1  12728   900 ?        S    20:45   0:00  \_ 
> /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
> root      2735  0.0  0.1  13436   964 ?        S    20:45   0:00      
> \_ /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon
> root      2736  6.6  1.9  31016  9892 tty7     Ss+  20:45  
> 11:19          \_ /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth vt7
> root      2781  0.0  0.7  22856  3468 ?        Ss   20:49   
> 0:00          \_ gnome-session
> root      2830  0.0  0.0   4096   416 ?        Ss   20:49   
> 0:00              \_ /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch 
> --exit-with-session gnome-session
> root      2833  0.0  0.0   2896   340 ?        S    20:49   0:00 
> /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session
> root      2834  0.0  0.0   3076   480 ?        Ss   20:49   0:00 
> dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 8 --print-address 6 --session
> root      2836  0.0  0.3   7288  1724 ?        S    20:49   0:00 
> /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 5
> root      2839  0.0  0.0   2312   384 ?        S    20:49   0:00 
> /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
> root      2841  0.0  0.2   7376  1240 ?        Ss   20:49   0:00 
> /usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=17
> root      2843  0.0  0.5  32520  2884 ?        Sl   20:49   0:09 
> /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon --oaf-ior-root      
> 2848  0.5  1.0  17756  5432 ?        Ss   20:49   0:53 
> /usr/bin/metacity --sm-client-id=default1
> root      2857  0.0  1.1 109912  5480 ?        Ssl  20:49   0:08 
> gnome-panel --sm-client-id default2
> root      2860  0.1  1.3 128256  6736 ?        Ssl  20:49   0:13 
> nautilus --no-default-window --sm-client-id default3
> root      2863  0.0  0.3  21932  1980 ?        Ss   20:49   0:02 
> gnome-power-manager
> root      2868  0.0  0.5  43544  2828 ?        Ss   20:49   0:00 
> eggcups --sm-client-id default4
> root      2871  0.0  0.3  11576  1696 ?        Sl   20:49   0:02 
> /usr/libexec/gnome-vfs-daemon 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_VFS_Daemon_Factory 
> --oaf-ior-froot      2873  0.0  0.3  14892  1700 ?        Ss   20:49   
> 0:00 bluez-pin --dbus
> root      2882  0.0  0.6  82844  2984 ?        Ss   20:49   0:04 
> nm-applet --sm-disable
> root      2884  0.1  1.1  84920  5708 ?        S    20:49   0:12 
> /usr/libexec/wnck-applet 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Wncklet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=21
> root      2888  0.0  0.4  14188  2256 ?        Ss   20:49   0:00 
> pam-panel-icon --sm-client-id default0
> root      2889  0.0  0.1   1760   532 ?        S    20:49   0:00  \_ 
> /sbin/pam_timestamp_check -d root
> root      2893  0.0  0.5 104288  2820 ?        Sl   20:49   0:02 
> /usr/libexec/trashapplet 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Panel_TrashApplet_Factory 
> --oaf-iorroot      2901  0.0  0.1   2216   624 ?        S    20:49   
> 0:00 /usr/libexec/mapping-daemon
> root      2903  0.0  0.1   2572   812 ?        S    20:49   0:09 
> /usr/libexec/gam_server
> root      2905  0.0  0.7  25736  3848 ?        S    20:49   0:00 
> /usr/libexec/clock-applet 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet_Factory 
> --oaf-ior-fd=2root      2907  0.0  0.5  21788  2764 ?        S    
> 20:49   0:00 /usr/libexec/notification-area-applet 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_NotificationAreaAppletroot      2909  
> 0.0  0.7  90880  3760 ?        S    20:49   0:09 
> /usr/libexec/mixer_applet2 
> --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet_Factory 
> --oaf-ior-fd=root      2950  0.0  0.4  14296  2312 ?        Ss   
> 20:49   0:07 gnome-screensaver
> root      3081  0.9  2.6  68600 13080 ?        Sl   20:53   1:34 skype
> root      3326  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    21:25   0:00 
> [cifsoplockd]
> root      3327  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    21:25   0:00 
> [cifsdnotifyd]
> root      3337  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S    21:25   0:00 [cifsd]
> root      3624  0.0  0.1   9192   808 ?        SNs  21:54   0:00 cupsd
> root     27863  0.5  6.2  32212 31192 ?        SLl  23:29   0:02 qjackctl
> root     27865  1.4  9.0  44524 44624 ?        SLsl 23:29   0:07  \_ 
> jackd -R -p256 -dalsa -dhw:0 -r44100 -p512 -n2
> root     27872 37.9 22.3 111580 110564 ?       SLl  23:29   3:03 
> /usr/bin/jamin
> root     27878 69.3 33.2 167496 164600 ?       SLsl 23:29   5:31 ardour
> root     27896  0.0  0.1   4404   868 ?        S    23:31   0:00 
> /bin/sh /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.5.0.7/thunderbird
> root     27916  0.0  0.1   4404   872 ?        S    23:31   0:00  \_ 
> /bin/sh /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.5.0.7/run-mozilla.sh 
> /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.5.0.7/thunderroot     27921  1.6  4.4 132456 
> 22204 ?        Sl   23:31   0:05      \_ 
> /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.5.0.7/thunderbird-bin
> root     27937  0.9  2.3  39420 11780 ?        Sl   23:33   0:02 
> gnome-terminal
> root     27939  0.0  0.1   2228   612 ?        S    23:33   0:00  \_ 
> gnome-pty-helper
> root     27940  0.0  0.2   4456  1284 pts/1    Ss   23:33   0:00  \_ bash
> root     28022  0.0  0.1   4152   932 pts/1    R+   23:37   0:00      
> \_ ps auxf
>
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