The following is my top output:
Code:
ninjasb ~ [2186] top | grep Mem
Mem: 1017M Active, 523M Inact, 345M Wired, 69M Cache, 214M Buf, 20M Free
ninjasb ~ [2187] top | grep Swap
Swap: 2048M Total, 13M Used, 2035M Free
The following is my
ps auxm output:
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USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND
ninjasb 72270 0.0 9.6 403892 199684 ?? I 11:50AM 6:11.11 /usr/local/lib/firefox
root 56931 0.7 3.3 366088 69336 v0 R 17Aug08 299:33.70 X :0 (Xorg)
ninjasb 56959 0.0 2.4 164400 50644 v0 S 17Aug08 3:00.94 xfdesktop --sm-client-
ninjasb 56965 0.0 2.2 130980 46088 v0 S 17Aug08 2:06.41 /usr/local/libexec/xfc
ninjasb 75114 0.0 0.9 96548 18524 p1 RN+ 1:13PM 1:06.97 mplayer -zoom -x 800 -
ninjasb 56964 0.0 1.8 206284 36688 v0 S 17Aug08 2:19.37 pidgin --session 11c0a
ninjasb 72378 0.0 1.2 111372 24168 ?? Ss 11:53AM 0:17.48 gvim (vim)
ninjasb 56962 0.0 0.9 124080 19728 ?? I 17Aug08 0:24.54 /usr/local/bin/Thunar
ninjasb 56958 0.0 0.9 103144 18092 v0 S 17Aug08 27:59.74 xfwm4 --sm-client-id 1
ninjasb 56963 0.0 0.8 105380 16644 v0 S 17Aug08 1:08.53 xfce4-panel --sm-clien
ninjasb 72487 0.0 0.5 45344 9796 p8 SN+ 11:56AM 0:07.44 irssi
ninjasb 662 0.0 0.1 33208 2612 ?? S 13Aug08 0:33.54 /usr/local/bin/mpd /us
ninjasb 2435 0.0 0.7 98440 13784 ?? Ss Tue08PM 0:00.13 /usr/local/bin/xfrun4
ninjasb 56967 0.0 0.7 102564 13592 v0 S 17Aug08 56:16.92 /usr/local/libexec/xfc
root 694 0.0 0.1 19632 2032 ?? Ss 13Aug08 0:06.81 /usr/local/sbin/cupsd
root 794 0.0 0.2 42224 3972 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:00.09 /usr/local/sbin/consol
root 72338 0.0 0.3 33124 6424 ?? S 11:52AM 0:01.80 /usr/local/bin/xterm
ninjasb 56968 0.0 0.7 106640 14024 v0 S 17Aug08 0:15.09 orage --sm-client-id 1
root 1089 0.0 0.1 9144 2640 ?? SNs 13Aug08 3:43.24 screen
ninjasb 3076 0.0 0.2 32184 3276 ?? R 13Aug08 13:57.35 /usr/local/bin/mpd /us
ninjasb 3077 0.0 0.2 32184 4252 ?? R 13Aug08 17:58.31 /usr/local/bin/mpd /us
ninjasb 56957 0.0 0.5 117476 11032 ?? Ss 17Aug08 0:09.69 xfce-mcs-manager
ninjasb 56953 0.0 0.5 91828 10324 v0 S 17Aug08 0:11.11 /usr/local/bin/xfce4-s
ninjasb 56966 0.0 0.6 86028 12000 v0 S 17Aug08 68:41.87 /usr/local/libexec/xfc
root 1 0.0 0.0 2180 120 ?? ILs 13Aug08 0:00.72 /sbin/init --
root 372 0.0 0.0 6772 748 ?? Ss 13Aug08 2:31.74 /usr/sbin/moused -p /d
root 420 0.0 0.0 2180 312 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:00.01 /sbin/devd
messagebus 671 0.0 0.1 6840 1536 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:00.76 /usr/local/bin/dbus-da
root 725 0.0 0.1 10600 1612 ?? Ss 13Aug08 0:13.51 sendmail: accepting co
smmsp 729 0.0 0.1 10600 1320 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:00.23 sendmail: Queue runner
root 735 0.0 0.0 6700 912 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:02.23 /usr/sbin/cron -s
root 795 0.0 0.1 35460 2964 ?? I 13Aug08 0:00.06 hald-runner
root 799 0.0 0.1 11240 1288 ?? S 13Aug08 0:25.10 hald-addon-storage: no
root 800 0.0 0.1 37296 2344 ?? S 13Aug08 8:28.94 hald-addon-mouse-sysmo
root 803 0.0 0.1 11240 1344 ?? S 13Aug08 2:11.30 hald-addon-storage: /d
root 806 0.0 0.1 11240 1344 ?? S 13Aug08 2:08.44 hald-addon-storage: /d
ninjasb 56945 0.0 0.1 17352 2140 ?? Is 17Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent -s
ninjasb 56951 0.0 0.1 6840 1732 ?? Is 17Aug08 0:15.62 /usr/local/bin/dbus-da
ninjasb 72253 0.0 0.2 38856 4952 ?? S 11:50AM 0:00.34 /usr/local/libexec/gco
ninjasb 72254 0.0 0.1 7012 1412 ?? I 11:50AM 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/local/bin
ninjasb 72265 0.0 0.1 7012 1448 ?? I 11:50AM 0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/local/lib
ninjasb 56930 0.0 0.1 9764 1488 v0 I+ 17Aug08 0:00.01 xinit /usr/local/etc/x
ninjasb 56937 0.0 0.1 7012 1372 v0 I 17Aug08 0:00.01 sh /usr/local/etc/xdg/
ninjasb 56950 0.0 0.1 13060 1836 v0 I 17Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/dbus-la
ninjasb 1094 0.0 0.1 5884 1700 p2 SNs+ 13Aug08 13:52.35 slurm -i bge0
root 545 0.0 0.0 5640 916 ?? Ss 13Aug08 0:01.52 /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
root 719 0.0 0.1 21652 1124 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:00.03 /usr/sbin/sshd
haldaemon 791 0.0 0.2 40432 4280 ?? Ss 13Aug08 6:36.14 /usr/local/sbin/hald
root 56331 0.0 0.1 11896 1444 ?? Is 17Aug08 0:00.01 /usr/local/kde4/bin/kd
ninjasb 56743 0.0 0.2 31692 3588 ?? S 17Aug08 1:10.52 /usr/local/libexec/gam
root 779 0.0 0.0 20388 716 v0 Is 13Aug08 0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
root 780 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v1 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
root 781 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v2 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
root 782 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v3 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
root 783 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v4 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
root 784 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v5 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
root 785 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v6 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
root 786 0.0 0.0 5640 652 v7 Is+ 13Aug08 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/getty Pc
ninjasb 72347 0.0 0.1 8120 1800 p0 S+ 11:52AM 0:00.02 screen -r
ninjasb 75969 0.0 0.1 6740 1156 p3 RN+ 1:39PM 0:00.00 ps auxm
ninjasb 46844 0.0 0.2 17900 3672 p6 INs+ 14Aug08 0:02.91 /usr/local/bin/zsh
ninjasb 72340 0.0 0.2 15200 3600 p0 Is 11:52AM 0:00.09 -zsh (zsh)
ninjasb 826 0.0 0.1 15188 2612 v0 I 13Aug08 0:00.17 -zsh (zsh)
ninjasb 1092 0.0 0.1 15188 2452 p1 INs 13Aug08 0:00.88 zsh
ninjasb 72884 0.0 0.1 15144 2588 p8 INs 15Aug08 0:00.09 /usr/local/bin/zsh
ninjasb 75858 0.0 0.2 15072 3568 p3 SNs 1:36PM 0:00.11 /usr/local/bin/zsh
root 185 0.0 0.0 2524 572 ?? Is 13Aug08 0:00.00 adjkerntz -i
root 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? WLs 13Aug08 0:00.00 [swapper]
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 1:37.86 [g_event]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 9:32.34 [g_up]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 4:26.94 [g_down]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [xpt_thrd]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [acpi_task_0]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [acpi_task_1]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [acpi_task_2]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [kqueue taskq]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [audit]
root 11 99.2 0.0 0 16 ?? RL 13Aug08 15879:53.81 [idle: cpu1]
root 12 99.0 0.0 0 16 ?? RL 13Aug08 15828:52.27 [idle: cpu0]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:10.33 [swi1: net]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 44:52.56 [swi4: clock]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [swi3: vm]
root 16 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 1:36.14 [yarrow]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:05.54 [swi6: Giant taskq]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 1:24.95 [swi6: task queue]
root 19 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:17.11 [swi2: cambio]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [swi5: +]
root 21 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [thread taskq]
root 22 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [irq9: acpi0]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 10:07.91 [irq16: bge0]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:13.15 [irq21: uhci0 ehci0]
root 25 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.10 [usb0]
root 26 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.01 [usbtask-hc]
root 27 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [usbtask-dr]
root 28 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [irq22: uhci1]
root 29 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.10 [usb1]
root 30 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:24.68 [irq18: uhci2]
root 31 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.10 [usb2]
root 32 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 1:58.71 [irq23: pcm0 uhci3]
root 33 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.10 [usb3]
root 34 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.10 [usb4]
root 35 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 1:26.28 [irq14: ata0]
root 36 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [irq15: ata1]
root 37 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 7:01.02 [irq20: atapci1]
root 38 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:05.44 [fdc0]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? WL 13Aug08 0:06.15 [irq1: atkbd0]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 24 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [sctp_iterator]
root 41 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:01.58 [g_journal switcher]
root 42 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:26.48 [pagedaemon]
root 43 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.00 [vmdaemon]
root 44 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:00.02 [pagezero]
root 45 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:07.92 [bufdaemon]
root 46 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:09.44 [vnlru]
root 47 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 21:51.27 [syncer]
root 48 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 0:23.38 [softdepflush]
root 49 0.0 0.0 0 16 ?? DL 13Aug08 3:39.60 [g_journal stripe/st]
Load has not changed and memory usage has remained steady over the 11 days that this system has been on. What you're seeing is nothing to worry about? It's just the way that FreeBSD handles memory. Technically, memory you have available is the sum of Inactive, Buffered, and Free memory. Also, you haven't touched Swap yet, which further confirms that everything is fine.