On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:40, Heather Stern wrote: > > I am seeing similar problems but it takes 4 days to get to 300M which > > forces me to logout. I have configured kdm to restart the X server on > > logout which solves the problems. > > > > I run Kmail, Konqueror, and Konsole, I don't run any other X program > > enough to make it worth mentioning. > > > > Closing all the programs does nothing for X memory use. > > Oh, but does reopening them cost more memory, or hardly any, and if hardly > any, does it give that tiny amount back when done?
Hardly any. It's a memory leak that occurs slowly when I'm not watching it. > In other words I'm trying to tell if it's really a "leak" or merely setting > memory up for its continued abuse, assuming roughly that it will be > reopened later and then it can be more efficient. It's a leak. There's no cause for the X server to use 300M of memory. > Also check ps wax and see if kioslave or other "K under the hood" parts are > loaded. If you use K apps from fvwm those can be safely clobbered. If you > use the panel thingy, then the panel thingy is also going to use the core > libraries, which are much of the "weight" of a K application... and if it's > the libraries themselves getting bloaty, then yes, you'll have to bail X > and come back in to see that clean up. But you should not need to reboot. I just use KDE, and at the time everything was closed with no spare IO slaves. -- If you send email to me or to a mailing list that I use which has >4 lines of legalistic junk at the end then you are specifically authorizing me to do whatever I wish with the message and all other messages from your domain, by posting the message you agree that your long legalistic sig is void. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
