[mythtv-users] Memory Utilization

[Ray Olszewski]

At 12:12 PM 8/11/2003 -0500, Obrien, Haskell W. wrote:
>In the Docs, it suggests that 256MB is sufficient.
>However, on my mythtv box I get some hickups every so often, and it seems 
>like swapping to me.  When I check with top, it's using a good 128mb of swap.
>
>Is this typical?  Trying to run down the source of the hickups, they're 
>annoying.

If this is a dedicated MythTV system, it is quite unusual. I've seen 
nothing like it here, and I can't recall seeing anything like that much 
swap use ever reported on the list. So ...

1. Is it a dedicated Myth system? If not, what else runs regularly?

2. What does top (or, better, free) report right after the system 
boots/inits? Before mythfrontend even starts running, if possible.

3. What are "hickups" and how often is "every so often"? Metaphor is of 
limited value when describing technical problems with systems.

4. What are the basics of the system? Hardware, Linux distro, X driver, and 
X wm.