I think the first thing you'd need is a baseline from a clean boot. My suggestion:
Reboot the machine, give it like five minutes to settle down and then dump top's output to a text file like this:This will sort applications by RAM use and stick the result in your home directory.
Then give it a couple days or more, close all applications your user opened and dump again to a different text file:Compare the two text files and it should tell you which application(s) may be leaking.
Dumping top to a text file is mostly human-readable and is more accurate than using ps. ps will tell you how much RAM your app *could* use, top will tell you how much your application *is* using.
Reboot the machine, give it like five minutes to settle down and then dump top's output to a text file like this:
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top -o %MEM > ~/top.txtThen give it a couple days or more, close all applications your user opened and dump again to a different text file:
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top -o %MEM > ~/top2.txtDumping top to a text file is mostly human-readable and is more accurate than using ps. ps will tell you how much RAM your app *could* use, top will tell you how much your application *is* using.
Statistics: Posted by wizard10000 — 2024-02-20 15:09