[deployment-guide] Updated the "Viewing Memory Usage" section.
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Thu Oct 13 16:51:24 UTC 2011
commit a9d5aa7a306e29ecf9b2a1c2ae7601a73603a8c7
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date: Thu Oct 13 16:15:16 2011 +0200
Updated the "Viewing Memory Usage" section.
en-US/System_Monitoring_Tools.xml | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/System_Monitoring_Tools.xml b/en-US/System_Monitoring_Tools.xml
index 0333701..ee39fb3 100644
--- a/en-US/System_Monitoring_Tools.xml
+++ b/en-US/System_Monitoring_Tools.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Swap: 1015800k total, 0k used, 1015800k free, 189008k cached
<primary><command>gnome-system-monitor</command></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
- <primary><application>GNOME System Monitor</application></primary>
+ <primary><application>System Monitor</application></primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
If you prefer a graphical interface, you can use the <application>System Monitor</application> tool. To start it, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Tools</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>System Monitor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the <guimenu>Activities</guimenu> menu or type <command>gnome-system-monitor</command> at a shell prompt.
@@ -302,41 +302,53 @@ Swap: 1015800k total, 0k used, 1015800k free, 189008k cached
<indexterm>
<primary>RAM</primary>
</indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary><command>free</command></primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>
- The <command>free</command> command displays the total amount of physical memory and swap space for the system as well as the amount of memory that is used, free, shared, in kernel buffers, and cached.
- </para>
+ <section id="s2-sysinfo-memory-usage-free">
+ <title>Using the free Command</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><command>free</command></primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ The <command>free</command> command displays the total amount of physical memory and swap space for the system, as well as the amount of memory that is used, free, shared, in kernel buffers, and cached. For example:
+ </para>
<screen>~]$ <command>free</command>
total used free shared buffers cached
-Mem: 4017660 1619044 2398616 0 59864 637968
--/+ buffers/cache: 921212 3096448
-Swap: 3071996 0 3071996</screen>
- <para>
- The command <command>free -m</command> shows the same information in megabytes, which are easier to read.
- </para>
-<screen>~]$ <command>free -m</command>
+Mem: 3084808 2293904 790904 0 88740 1557360
+-/+ buffers/cache: 647804 2437004
+Swap: 4194300 0 4194300</screen>
+ <para>
+ By default, <command>free</command> displays the values in kilobytes. To display the values in megabytes, supply the <option>-m</option> command line option:
+ </para>
+ <screen>~]$ <command>free -m</command>
total used free shared buffers cached
-Mem: 3923 1569 2353 0 58 626
--/+ buffers/cache: 884 3038
-Swap: 2999 0 2999</screen>
- <para>
- If you prefer a graphical interface for <command>free</command>, you can use the <application>GNOME System Monitor</application>. To start it from the desktop, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Tools</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>System Monitor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or execute <command>gnome-system-monitor</command> at a shell prompt. Click on the <guilabel>Resources</guilabel> tab.
- </para>
- <figure id="fig-sysinfo-memory">
- <title>System Monitor - Resources</title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/system-monitor-resources.png" format="PNG" scalefit="0" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <para>
- Resources tab of the gnome-system-monitor
- </para>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
+Mem: 3012 2240 772 0 86 1520
+-/+ buffers/cache: 632 2379
+Swap: 4095 0 4095</screen>
+ </section>
+ <section id="s2-sysinfo-memory-usage-system_monitor">
+ <title>Using the System Monitor Tool</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><command>gnome-system-monitor</command></primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><application>System Monitor</application></primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>
+ If you prefer a graphical interface, you can use the <application>System Monitor</application> application. To start it, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Tools</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>System Monitor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the <guimenu>Activities</guimenu> menu, or execute <command>gnome-system-monitor</command> at a shell prompt. Click on the <guilabel>Resources</guilabel> tab.
+ </para>
+ <figure id="fig-sysinfo-memory">
+ <title>System Monitor - Resources</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/system-monitor-resources.png" format="PNG" scalefit="0" />
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <para>
+ Resources tab of the gnome-system-monitor
+ </para>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ </section>
</section>
<section id="s1-sysinfo-filesystems">
<title>Viewing File Systems</title>
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