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Message #132345
[Bug 43706] Re: Excessive memory usage on live CD
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** Changed in: baltix
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Invalid
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Title:
Excessive memory usage on live CD
Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Status in Baltix:
Invalid
Bug description:
I was poking around the /cow filesystem to see how much memory was
being used and why. The figure was higher than I expected (14M), and
the bulk of it was due to two things:
/var/cache/debconf - the templates are huge, but we're also storing
two copies of them (templates.dat and templates.dat-old). Unlinking
templates.dat-old should immediately free up 5M of memory, at least
until ubiquity runs. It would be nice if we could avoid this
entirely, though. An md5sum check reveals that templates.dat and
templates.dat-old are identical; if it's unchanged, then why make a
backup? I don't see why this file should need to change during a
casper session
/lib/modules - something is causing many kernel modules to be copied,
but not all of them. I'll attach a list.
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