[bf1942] Status of Linux server? Ryan? Hello?

Daniel Valois ninzor at packet-kids.com
Wed Feb 19 15:47:15 EST 2003


Gentoo linux-2.4.20


08:37:31  up 6 days, 22:43,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
25 processes: 24 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states:  0.0% user,  0.9% system,  0.0% nice,  0.0% iowait, 99.0% idle
Mem:   775260k av,  757828k used,   17432k free,       0k shrd,  118196k
buff
       351404k active,             296660k inactive
Swap:  530136k av,      16k used,  530120k free                  449144k
cached



  PID USER     PRI  NI  SIZE  RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM   TIME COMMAND
 9764 bf1942    16   0  1040 1040   824 R     0.9  0.1   0:00 top

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bf1942 at sugar bf1942 $ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           757        739         17          0        115        438
-/+ buffers/cache:        185        571
Swap:          517          0        517
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bf1942 at sugar bf1942 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 10
cpu MHz         : 998.389
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips        : 1992.29
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----- Original Message -----
From: "DLinkOZ" <dlinkoz at oesm.org>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Status of Linux server? Ryan? Hello?


> I think the best thing you could do is list your system specs, OS specs,
etc
> for Ryan and explain what's happening.  Tell him what you've got and that
> the server is running wild on memory consumption.  A one liner in all caps
> saying it's too high does him absolutely no good at all.  700mb... are you
> sure there's not some cached memory you're not seeing?  Top actually says
> the bf1942_lnxded process is using 700mb?  It's not necessarily a code
> issue, because it's not happening to everyone.  Might be some sort of
> combination of OS version and hardware that's causing it, and obviously
I'm
> not using that combination since I experience no leaks.  Until Ryan can
see
> what hardware and what OS' are exhibiting this problem, it will be hard
for
> him to nail it down.
>
> My point is, sending an email to the list with a simple line of "NO
> DEDIDICATED SERVER SHOULD NEED THIS MUCH MEMORY!" does whoever codes the
> product absolutely no good.  You might as well just tell him the gross
> national product of Finland... it would help as much in his coding
efforts.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Valois" <ninzor at packet-kids.com>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Status of Linux server? Ryan? Hello?
>
>
> > if you buy into capitol letters as shouting then perhaps you should
> > reevaluate your priorities. I dont think it needs over 700 Mb of memory.
> and
> > i dont need some smartass to tell me it's a beta. perhaps a memory leak
> that
> > ryan needs to look at. Or perhaps some more stripping down of the client
> > portion is in order.this is what this list is for. WOW. YOU QUOTED BILL
> > GATES. get back in line with the rest of the sheep
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Reinder P. Gerritsen" <reinder at strikerz.net>
> > To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:08 PM
> > Subject: RE: [bf1942] Status of Linux server? Ryan? Hello?
> >
> >
> > > Bill Gates once said: 640kb of RAM, that ought to be all that man
should
> > > EVER need in his computer...
> > >
> > > Then why oh wy do I have almost a thousand times more that amount in
my
> > > box at home? And over three-thousand times on my dedicated server box?
> > > My HL servers each use around 96 MB of mem, could be tweaked and
> > > limited, but that effects performance. Anyway, no one ever explained
to
> > > you that CAPITOLS are considered shouding, and shouting on an
> > > mailing-list usualy is linked to flaming and ranting?
> > >
> > > When does the name BETA finally ring a bell in your head? It's not
like
> > > you're running an 6 year old fully developed QuakeWorld CTF server 12
> > > player here you know... Memory requirements GROW.
> > >
> > > Perhaps you could be right, but as long as you keep on going CAPS on
> > > oneliners, don't expect many guy's on the list to take you serious
here.
> > > It just feels like ranting on Ryan accusing him for doing a lousy
job...
> > >
> > > Fox
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daniel Valois [mailto:ninzor at packet-kids.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:28 PM
> > > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > > Subject: Re: Re: Re[3]: [bf1942] Status of Linux server? Ryan? Hello?
> > >
> > >
> > > NO DEDIDICATED SERVER SHOULD NEED THIS MUCH MEMORY!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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