Re: XFree86 Memory usage
Leo Spalteholz <leo@thewoodpecker.ca> writes:
> Eric G. Miller wrote:
>> I've seen this from applications that have X intern image buffers,
>> and then the apps promptly lose their "handle" for the buffer,
>> essentially causing a memory leak. It's not X's fault per se,
>> as such apps never tell X to free up the memory (and it will
>> remain used even after such apps exit). I recall a program
>> that cycled the root image did this (forget the name...).
>
> Hmm.. perhaps its because I set KDE to load a new wallpaper every 30
> min? Its just eating memory all by itself.. For example in the few
> hours since I posted the original message xfree has gone from using
> 441MB to 483MB even though I was away from the computer. (btw, what
> does RSS mean? It shows 82M under RSS whereas before it said something
> like 30M)
Exactly.
http://bugs.debian.org/140111
BTW, I think this is fixed in XFree86 4.2/KDE 3 (not sure which is
responsible for the fix).
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