Memory Leak?

[Szat]

I think I have a memory leak or some other RAM problem on my laptop. It is running Ubuntu 9.1 and has 1 gig of RAM. I think there is a problem because all I'm doing right now is posting this thread and my RAM is at 99% (55% used by programs, 44% by the cache). Is there a way I can fix this without buying more RAM?

 

[GibsonSGKing]

I think I have a memory leak or some other RAM problem on my laptop. It is running Ubuntu 9.1 and has 1 gig of RAM. I think there is a problem because all I'm doing right now is posting this thread and my RAM is at 99% (55% used by programs, 44% by the cache). Is there a way I can fix this without buying more RAM?

From what I understand, a memory leak is a programming error, not hardware

 

[foothead]

Make a larger swap file.

 

[Szat]

Make a larger swap file.

How do I go about doing that? I don't know much about tweaking RAM.

 

[foothead]

swap is a partition on your hard drive.

How big is your current one?

 

[Szat]

I have an 80gb hdd and it says the swap space is 3.1gb

 

[foothead]

Hmmm... then there is an issue with the OS.

How much swap is being utilized?

 

[Szat]

The system monitor says 1% of the swap is being used

 

[foothead]

yikes... something is not right. I would reinstall the OS from a different source.

 

[Szat]

aww I got it from the Ubuntu site too. This has only recently become a problem too.