Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 249655
System Monitor shows wrong values after kernel update to 2.6.22.1-27.fc7
Last modified: 2008-06-16 21:58:09 EDT
Description of problem: After recent kernel update (2.6.22.1-27.fc7) System Monitor 2.18.2 in Gnome shows wrong values in Memory field. Previous kernel showed correct values. To be more precise those values are extremely low now (like OpenOffice using about 0.5MB of ram) and for most applications it shows just zero. Here is screenshot http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotiz7.png Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 How reproducible: Use kernel 2.6.22.1-27.fc7 Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open System Monitor 2.Open few "heavy" applications. 3.Watch memory values in Memory field. Actual results: Values are incorrect (too low or just zero). Expected results: Values are correct. Additional info:
Same thing happens with the newest kernel-2.6.22.1-33.fc7.
Same thing happens with latest kernel-2.6.22.1-41.fc7.
I can confirm Comment #2
Hello, I'm reviewing this bug as part of the kernel bug triage project, an attempt to isolate current bugs in the fedora kernel. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelBugTriage I can reproduce this but I don't think its a bug. For example, if I make some changes to a word document (import an image for example) the memory requirements increase respective to what is being used. You can also view various types of memory (virtual, shared etc) by checking the boxes under Edit>Preferences>Processes. I'm re-assigning to the gnome-system-monitor folks to see if they wish to add anything but suggest this be closed NOTABUG. I certainly don't think it is a kernel issue. Cheers Chris
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