gustavo halperin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello > > I commonly use the next applications: Mozilla, gnu-emacs, gv, xpdf > and many xterminals. The problem is that after many days without > restart the system the memory grow a little more any day and after > aprox. 20 days I have all my 775MB occupied by the system and even if > I close all the applications the memory occupied still the same, just > reboot the system free this memory. > My question is how release the memory that is not in use any more?
I have similar problems, and I know it isn't used by the buffers and cache as others have already suggested. I have to exit from X-windows, so it appears that X has some major memory leaks. My system seems to lose about 50MB/day, so that means I have to restart X-windows every couple of weeks before I fill up RAM and swap. Does anybody else have any suggestions on how to trace those memory leaks without rebuilding the entire system from source? I have already tried 'xrestop', but it doesn't appear to be the applications, so it must be at the server or library level. I use similar applications as the original writer, except I use Firefox instead of Mozilla, and I use wmaker without gnome or KDE. -- Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
