Hi,

http://bugs.debian.org/224371

The multiload applet is permanently fixed at 100% memory usage (causing
that applet to be pretty much useless). I believe that this is due to the
2.6 kernel being used.

The patch (taken from http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126461)
fixes the problem for me:

--- linux-proc.c        2003-12-18 13:34:39.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-proc.c.orig   2003-12-18 13:31:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@

     tmp_user = mem.used - mem.buffer - mem.shared - mem.cached;

-    user    = rint (Maximum * (float)mem.user / mem.total);
+    user    = rint (Maximum * (float)tmp_user / mem.total);
     shared  = rint (Maximum * (float)mem.shared / mem.total);
     buffer  = rint (Maximum * (float)mem.buffer / mem.total);
     cached = rint (Maximum * (float)mem.cached / mem.total);

Although I haven't tested it with a 2.4 kernel.