Eclipse: X eats up 280 MB of memory

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Subject: Eclipse: X eats up 280 MB of memory
From: hjvm@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 10:11:40 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 427F375C.17282.1901F8FA@localhost>

Hi!

I'm using KDE, six virtual desktops and a two-head setup with two 
screens of 1280x1024 resolution. When my machine is started top 
shows that X takes about 40 MB of memory. That seems normal to 
me. But when I start Eclipse X eats 280 MB of memory. Is this normal? 
Together with some other applications my 512 MB of RAM are full and 
it uses 890 MB of Swap!
I'd rather like not to buy another 512 MB RAM just for Eclipse... Is there 
a chance to reduce the memory consumption? Are others experiencing 
similar effects?

Regards,
Hans-Joerg v. Mettenheim

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