Re: problems with the X server
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:56:09PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 08:17:31PM +0200, Cristian Constantin wrote:
> > hi!
> >
> > i have upgraded recently to woody which provides:
> >
> > xserver-xsun 3.3.6-11 X server for 8-bit Sun framebuffers
> >
> > from time to time the xserver freezes and the hdd is heavly accessed;
> > (i'm not having more than 3 or 4 netscape windows and an xemacs one...)
> > i'm getting in the /var/log/messages something like:
>
> How much memory do you have? Running X + Netscape + Xemacs is a sure way
> to hit swap space (which it sounds like you are doing).
cristian: 96 megs. it did not happen when i used an older xserver (don't
remember the ver. though...)
Another strange thing is that it happens after the xserver runs for
2 or 3 days... memory leak or something?... but where?...
>
> > Oct 4 18:13:52 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
> > Oct 4 18:13:52 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for ntpd...
> > Oct 4 18:15:20 xxx kernel: VM: do_try_to_free_pages failed for sshd...
>
> Kernel VM errors. What kernel version are you running?
cristian: 2.2.17
bye!
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