[mythtv-users] 64 Bit and memory

[Marc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Erik Sejr
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:19 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 64 Bit and memory
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:36:19 -0600, "Mitch Gore"
> <mitchell.gore at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Jan 7, 2008 2:25 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 13:57 -0600, Mitch Gore wrote:
> >> > [myth at mythtv ~]$ free -m
> >> >              total       used       free     shared    buffers
> >> > cached
> >> > Mem:           939        707        232          0         67
> >> > 213
> >> > -/+ buffers/cache:        426        513
> >> > Swap:         2596          0       2596
> >> >
> >> > so am i ok?
> >>
> >> Yes, 213 MB of your free RAM is used as cache in an attempt to speed
> >> things up.
> >>
> >> Nico
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > So the bleeding packages didnt really fix anything.  When i was
> watching
> > HDTV and a commflag was going on i see this with free -m
> >
> > [myth at mythtv ~]$ free -m
> >              total       used       free     shared    buffers
> cached
> > Mem:           939        930          8          0          1
> 88
> > -/+ buffers/cache:        840         98
> > Swap:         2596       1069       1527
> > [myth at mythtv ~]$
> >
> > So ram is full and a gig of swap is being used!  The system really
> > drags.....  I just upgraded this box and was expecting stuff like
> this to
> > fly when I have a 2.4ghz dual core!  Is this just how it is?
> >
> > Mitchell
> 
> Mitchell,
> I also run the SVN on FC7, I've been having this memory leak issue for
> the
> past month or so, you're not alone in it. So far I have been
> unsuccessful
> at finding the cause. After about 16 hours or so it brings my (very
> similar) system down, and I have to reboot. As a workaround I have been
> exiting the frontend each time I use it and loading up only when I need
> to.
> At least that way my recordings keep going. I was thinking of putting
> in a
> bug report, but I've never done it before and I honestly don't have any
> information that would help the devs track this problem down.
> 
> Erik
> 

I'm running a SVN(15354) frontend/backend on Gentoo with 32 bits and I'm not
seeing this problem.
asgard ~ # free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           503        486         16          0         92         67
-/+ buffers/cache:        326        176
Swap:         1961          0       1960

I do however need another 512 on the frontend system :P

My backend only system which is 64 bit same SVN build and flavor of linux
does not have the issue either.
niflheim ~ # free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           941        455        485          0        132        178
-/+ buffers/cache:        145        795
Swap:         1961          0       1960

So if anything this might be a frontend specific bug.

Marc