On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 18:34, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > 24729 127m 32m 15m 4.3 94m evolution > > It looks to me like top is using a different definition of swap. If you > compare you see that SWAP shows the difference between VIRT and RES almost > exactly. However, if there is no or almost no swap usage how can there be > a difference? Only explanation: it shows what *could* be swapped > immediately without affecting current activity. I think what it means is that the virtual memory page table space has been allocated but the page hasn't been accessed yet. > Have you tried making it heavily swap and then checked if you see a > difference (whichever)? Theoretically, it shouldn't make a difference as > it doesn't seem to differentiate between "swapped" and "really swapped". How about 'not paged in yet'? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com