Re: Can't install software!

From: graham marsden (graham.marsden1_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 10/13/03


Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:09:20 +0100

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:05:50 +0100, Dagza wrote:

snip

> Thanks for your reply. I have rebooted and the issue remains :-(. I have
> plenty of ram but would be interested to know how to find how much ram /
> swap i am using / have free.
>
> Thanks again for your reply

I notice you almost found the answer yourself.
free
            total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 514956 457332 57624 0 98396 131300
-/+ buffers/cache: 227636 287320
Swap: 1156600 0 1156600
the -/+ line gives actual usage of ram ie not in buffers and cache



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