Bug 41981

Summary:	libgtop < 2.5.1 fails to report memory usage correctly on 2.6.1 kernels
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ed Catmur <ed>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Example libgtop-2.5.1 ebuild

Description Ed Catmur 2004-02-17 18:14:01 UTC

gnome-base/libgtop is used by gnome-system-monitor and gdesklets, among others.

In Linux, it works out memory usage by parsing /proc/meminfo.
The format of this has changed recently in ways that break the parser (the short form in the first few lines has been removed).

Version 2.5.1 can cope with this change, but is not yet in Portage.

Comment 1 Ed Catmur 2004-02-17 18:16:10 UTC

Created attachment 25816 [details]
Example libgtop-2.5.1 ebuild

This ebuild, bumped from the BMG CVS, works fine.

Comment 2 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-02-18 06:30:02 UTC

2.5.1 is a dev version, provide me a fix for 2.4 series and it might go in. 2.6 kernels are not officially supported by gentoo at this time anyway, so no big priority there.

Comment 3 Ed Catmur 2004-04-07 02:58:57 UTC

2.5.2 is in Portage and unmasked apart from ~ mask. Closing.

Comment 4 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-07 03:15:07 UTC

i thought this was fixed in later 2.0 versions as well.. oh well