Memory problem in RedHat 9

[alib_i]

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i have this weird problem on redhat 9.......the amount of memory consumed by some app (when opened) is not released back upon closing the app

consequently, if i'd opened and closed an app abt 10 times, the memory usage grows quite high and eventually i've restart the comp......any suggestions/solutions r welcome

[sba]

The name of app and a pgrep related to the app (when you need to restart) would help or does it happen with every app? Also did you compile the prorgram yourself or is it a precompiled binary?

[alib_i]

it happens with any app.....any app (upon opening n closing) doesnt release all the memory it had taken n eventually forces me to restart

[GNUrag]

you probably have a low ram/swap problem. What are their sizes btw?

this kind of zombie behaviour has not been reported before on a standard distro like RedHat 9 with standard applications.

[alib_i]

RAM: 128+256MB
Swap file: ~370MB ( double )

i havent seen this problem in any of comps in my LAN too.

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alibi