Inxsible
July 5th, 2008, 07:50 AM
I have noticed that my default setup for Openbox tends to take more memory than my Fluxbox install.
Openbox is over Arch and on startup, it takes about 46MB
Fluxbox is over Debian and on startup, it takes about 23MB
They both have sshd and conky running on startup. Here are the two ps_mem charts immediately on boot
Openbox:
sudo python ps_mem.py
Password:
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
88.0 KiB + 29.0 KiB = 117.0 KiB crond
92.0 KiB + 26.0 KiB = 118.0 KiB init
96.0 KiB + 35.5 KiB = 131.5 KiB portmap
104.0 KiB + 73.0 KiB = 177.0 KiB hald-addon-acpi
144.0 KiB + 67.0 KiB = 211.0 KiB xinit
168.0 KiB + 46.0 KiB = 214.0 KiB famd
228.0 KiB + 20.0 KiB = 248.0 KiB udevd
136.0 KiB + 113.0 KiB = 249.0 KiB hald-addon-input
200.0 KiB + 61.5 KiB = 261.5 KiB dbus-launch
148.0 KiB + 117.0 KiB = 265.0 KiB hald-addon-storage
164.0 KiB + 109.0 KiB = 273.0 KiB hald-runner
276.0 KiB + 69.5 KiB = 345.5 KiB openbox-session
304.0 KiB + 135.0 KiB = 439.0 KiB agetty (5)
328.0 KiB + 146.0 KiB = 474.0 KiB dbus-daemon (2)
440.0 KiB + 42.0 KiB = 482.0 KiB syslog-ng
276.0 KiB + 211.5 KiB = 487.5 KiB startx
444.0 KiB + 78.5 KiB = 522.5 KiB login
560.0 KiB + 57.5 KiB = 617.5 KiB sshd
1.0 MiB + 144.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB hald-addon-dell-backlight
848.0 KiB + 599.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB bash (2)
1.0 MiB + 537.0 KiB = 1.5 MiB conky
1.8 MiB + 227.5 KiB = 2.0 MiB hald
3.4 MiB + 301.5 KiB = 3.7 MiB urxvt
5.2 MiB + 1.5 MiB = 6.7 MiB fbpanel
6.8 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 8.0 MiB openbox
16.2 MiB + 561.0 KiB = 16.8 MiB Xorg
---------------------------------
46.8 MiB
=================================
Private + Shared = RAM used Program Fluxbox :
python ps_mem.py
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
188.0 KiB + 184.0 KiB = 372.0 KiB dhclient3
88.0 KiB + 328.0 KiB = 416.0 KiB klogd
316.0 KiB + 220.0 KiB = 536.0 KiB ssh-agent
156.0 KiB + 448.0 KiB = 604.0 KiB syslogd
124.0 KiB + 496.0 KiB = 620.0 KiB anacron
332.0 KiB + 348.0 KiB = 680.0 KiB udevd
152.0 KiB + 552.0 KiB = 704.0 KiB init
352.0 KiB + 416.0 KiB = 768.0 KiB getty (5)
144.0 KiB + 640.0 KiB = 784.0 KiB xinit
456.0 KiB + 428.0 KiB = 884.0 KiB dbus-daemon
136.0 KiB + 752.0 KiB = 888.0 KiB hald-addon-acpi
216.0 KiB + 760.0 KiB = 976.0 KiB cron
572.0 KiB + 432.0 KiB = 1.0 MiB sshd
168.0 KiB + 940.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB hald-addon-cpufreq
184.0 KiB + 940.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB hald-runner
168.0 KiB + 956.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB hald-addon-input
240.0 KiB + 896.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB su
336.0 KiB + 836.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB login
700.0 KiB + 508.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB acpid
304.0 KiB + 972.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB hald-addon-storage (2)
436.0 KiB + 1.0 MiB = 1.4 MiB startx
488.0 KiB + 1.0 MiB = 1.5 MiB avahi-daemon (2)
1.4 MiB + 1.6 MiB = 3.0 MiB mrxvt-full
1.9 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 3.0 MiB hald
1.3 MiB + 2.0 MiB = 3.3 MiB conky
3.6 MiB + 1.4 MiB = 4.9 MiB bash (3)
3.3 MiB + 2.7 MiB = 6.0 MiB fluxbox
6.8 MiB + 1.0 MiB = 7.9 MiB Xorg
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
Warning: Shared memory is slightly over-estimated by this system
for each program, so totals are not reported.Unfortunately, my Fluxbox install doesn't add up the memory for some reason, but conky tells me 27MB
Could someone shed some light on this?
Openbox is over Arch and on startup, it takes about 46MB
Fluxbox is over Debian and on startup, it takes about 23MB
They both have sshd and conky running on startup. Here are the two ps_mem charts immediately on boot
Openbox:
sudo python ps_mem.py
Password:
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
88.0 KiB + 29.0 KiB = 117.0 KiB crond
92.0 KiB + 26.0 KiB = 118.0 KiB init
96.0 KiB + 35.5 KiB = 131.5 KiB portmap
104.0 KiB + 73.0 KiB = 177.0 KiB hald-addon-acpi
144.0 KiB + 67.0 KiB = 211.0 KiB xinit
168.0 KiB + 46.0 KiB = 214.0 KiB famd
228.0 KiB + 20.0 KiB = 248.0 KiB udevd
136.0 KiB + 113.0 KiB = 249.0 KiB hald-addon-input
200.0 KiB + 61.5 KiB = 261.5 KiB dbus-launch
148.0 KiB + 117.0 KiB = 265.0 KiB hald-addon-storage
164.0 KiB + 109.0 KiB = 273.0 KiB hald-runner
276.0 KiB + 69.5 KiB = 345.5 KiB openbox-session
304.0 KiB + 135.0 KiB = 439.0 KiB agetty (5)
328.0 KiB + 146.0 KiB = 474.0 KiB dbus-daemon (2)
440.0 KiB + 42.0 KiB = 482.0 KiB syslog-ng
276.0 KiB + 211.5 KiB = 487.5 KiB startx
444.0 KiB + 78.5 KiB = 522.5 KiB login
560.0 KiB + 57.5 KiB = 617.5 KiB sshd
1.0 MiB + 144.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB hald-addon-dell-backlight
848.0 KiB + 599.0 KiB = 1.4 MiB bash (2)
1.0 MiB + 537.0 KiB = 1.5 MiB conky
1.8 MiB + 227.5 KiB = 2.0 MiB hald
3.4 MiB + 301.5 KiB = 3.7 MiB urxvt
5.2 MiB + 1.5 MiB = 6.7 MiB fbpanel
6.8 MiB + 1.2 MiB = 8.0 MiB openbox
16.2 MiB + 561.0 KiB = 16.8 MiB Xorg
---------------------------------
46.8 MiB
=================================
Private + Shared = RAM used Program Fluxbox :
python ps_mem.py
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
188.0 KiB + 184.0 KiB = 372.0 KiB dhclient3
88.0 KiB + 328.0 KiB = 416.0 KiB klogd
316.0 KiB + 220.0 KiB = 536.0 KiB ssh-agent
156.0 KiB + 448.0 KiB = 604.0 KiB syslogd
124.0 KiB + 496.0 KiB = 620.0 KiB anacron
332.0 KiB + 348.0 KiB = 680.0 KiB udevd
152.0 KiB + 552.0 KiB = 704.0 KiB init
352.0 KiB + 416.0 KiB = 768.0 KiB getty (5)
144.0 KiB + 640.0 KiB = 784.0 KiB xinit
456.0 KiB + 428.0 KiB = 884.0 KiB dbus-daemon
136.0 KiB + 752.0 KiB = 888.0 KiB hald-addon-acpi
216.0 KiB + 760.0 KiB = 976.0 KiB cron
572.0 KiB + 432.0 KiB = 1.0 MiB sshd
168.0 KiB + 940.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB hald-addon-cpufreq
184.0 KiB + 940.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB hald-runner
168.0 KiB + 956.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB hald-addon-input
240.0 KiB + 896.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB su
336.0 KiB + 836.0 KiB = 1.1 MiB login
700.0 KiB + 508.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB acpid
304.0 KiB + 972.0 KiB = 1.2 MiB hald-addon-storage (2)
436.0 KiB + 1.0 MiB = 1.4 MiB startx
488.0 KiB + 1.0 MiB = 1.5 MiB avahi-daemon (2)
1.4 MiB + 1.6 MiB = 3.0 MiB mrxvt-full
1.9 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 3.0 MiB hald
1.3 MiB + 2.0 MiB = 3.3 MiB conky
3.6 MiB + 1.4 MiB = 4.9 MiB bash (3)
3.3 MiB + 2.7 MiB = 6.0 MiB fluxbox
6.8 MiB + 1.0 MiB = 7.9 MiB Xorg
Private + Shared = RAM used Program
Warning: Shared memory is slightly over-estimated by this system
for each program, so totals are not reported.Unfortunately, my Fluxbox install doesn't add up the memory for some reason, but conky tells me 27MB
Could someone shed some light on this?