Re: Inkscape (and others) make debian freeze
Le mercredi 15 juin 2005 à 01:22 +0800, Emile Kroeger a écrit :
> (oops, accidental single-user reply ... damn gmail !)
>
> > Looks like inkscape leaks memory too fast ... then your swap fills (your
> > machine becomes slower), and when filled you get into an OOM (out of
> > memory) situation, and your poor kernel tries hard to recover ... :(
> >
> > When inkscape is killed, gnome still has to come out of swap space by
> > pieces ...
> >
> > > What I've been doing is a) avoiding inkscape
> >
> > especially when there is sodipodi available ...
>
> I don't think the problem's with inkscape, since
>
> a) inkscape is a relatively stable and mature program (at least, I
> haven't found any other accounts of this kind of stuff on the 'net)
a) ahem, is there really something like a stable and mature C++
program ? ok I'm only half-joking. With all its matureness, it could
still have a few weak spots (it's a complex program after all) and leak
memory.
b) remember, you are using the debian package, this could differ
slightly from other instances of inkscape you tried before
c) I suspect a mem leak because of the symptoms you described (asphyxia
of your system)
>
> b) I used to get the same problem with mozilla and firefox (hmm, but
> now that I remember, I think it mainly happened on pages with Java in
> them, I'm not quite sure)
maybe you experienced faulty builds of those
> It probably *is* some kind of memory leak, but I don't think an
> Inkscape bug is the main cause :-P
could be in the libs inkscape uses, off course, but since now inkscape
is the only culprit ...
(also, please, don't CC me, I'm reading this list)
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