I am using Red Hat 8.0 with kernel 2.4.20-18.8.

I have recently noticed when using the Gnome System Monitor that two
processes between them are using all the CPU time (100%) and memory (246
MB out of 248 MB).

These are:
1. The system monitor itself (gnome-system-monitor), and
2. The Red Carpet Daemon (rcd 1.4.2).

As you can imagine I am sometimes unable to open several programs
at once because of low memory.

Thanks,
Barry