[kwlug-disc] Memory Issue

[amitoj singh]

On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 5:18 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
> From the htop output, you can see that your memory is full, and there
> is A LOT of swapping going on.
>
> Any machine that is swapping will be unresponsive.
>
> We need to know what is using the most memory.
>
> To do that, start htop, then press F6, then choose M_RESIDENT.
> The result will be sorted by the RES column (resident set size).
>

Here is the outputs:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qAH57OLYLc-mIsAP0ugZNQU84O-Zmc_6
after doing this. Also, This I attached a screenshot of $top command.
I wonder their are more than one instance of atom with different PID.
Why so?
have a look.

> See what application is using the most RAM.
>
> Try again the following:
>
> 1. Reboot, so swap is completely cleared.
>
> Before running anything, measure memory as above.
>
> 2. Then enter this command:
>
> $ sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=5
>

 Previously, my whole laptop gets hanged but after doing this only my
editor is facing a problem.

> 3. Then try again to run Atom, and see how much memory is being used, and by what.


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