Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!archimedes.math.uwm.edu!jgreco From: jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Memory shortage on an AOS RT Message-ID: <5981@uwm.edu> Date: 28 Aug 90 06:18:02 GMT References: <1990Aug27.192434.12456@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Department of Mathematics Lines: 32 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt article <1990Aug27.192434.12456@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, kakazu@theory.tn.cornell.edu (Gary Kakazu) wrote: :I just switched from AIX to AOS on my RT and am now experiencing memory :shortages. It is partiularly bothersome when I'm running XR4, and want to :open another window or two (like another xterm, or start up xmh). :This happens when I'm only running 2 or 3 xterms, twm, and oclock. It's not :like I have 20 windows open already. Doing a "ps -augx" shows no processes :hogging memory in the "MEM%" column. : :This never happened before when I was running AIX 2.2.1 Is the server so :much bigger under AOS or do I just have things configured wrong? : :Any advice appreciated. : :Gary Kakazu :kakazu@theory.tn.cornell.edu How much memory do you HAVE? We've got 8 megabytes here. However if we don't have any swap space set up, I run into conditions suspiciously similar to yours. This could well be the trouble. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Department of Mathematics jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu USnail: Joe Greco Voice: 414/321-6184 9905 W. Montana Ave. Data: 414/321-9287 (Happy Hacker's BBS) West Allis, WI 53227-3329 ICBM: 43 05 20 N 87 53 10 W #include Disclaimer: I don't speak for the Math Department, the University, or myself.