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Dbuses and Apaches are using up memory
I recently noticed, in System Monitor, that multiple Apache2 processes are showing up (with the same "Command Line"). There are currently 6 of them, each with 7MB memory. I also noticed a whole bunch ...
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What is process “/usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none”?
I am experiencing some serious performance issues with my Ubuntu 12.04 setup and thus looking for the culprit by running htop alongside my usual tasks.
Aside from the usual suspects like chromium, ...
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How do I use oom_score_adj?
On 11.04, /proc/[pid] contains oom_score_adj, but man proc describes the old oom_adj. I have googled unsuccessfully for any information on how to use this.
What I need to arrange is that processes ...
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Where has all the RAM gone?
I have 1GB of RAM, and when I run NetBeans and Firefox, they get about 300MB of RAM. At some point, the system becomes very slow, probably 100 times slower than normal, switching windows (Alt+Tab) ...
