Re: Major application resource leaks in Etch
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On 09/30/07 21:42, Marty wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 06:59:03PM -0400, Marty wrote:
>>> While copying 30MB of text from a backuppc (web-based) log on a
>>> remote server, I ran into several problems:
>>>
>>> 1) Selecting the text using the Iceape edit->select-all menu option
>>> pegs the 2.8GB CPU at 100% for tens of seconds, although it is much
>>> faster in subsequent attempts.
>>>
>>> 2) Each repetition causes two 60MB clipboard cache files to appear in
>>> /tmp. They persist after logging out of Gnome.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Are you sure that this is a resouce leak?
>
> I have reproduced it on two systems, with different distributions and
> different browsers, but there is still some uncertainty since all my
> systems have similar configurations, so I can't rule out misconfiguration.
>
> Think of what Iceape is
>> trying to do: download 30 MB of text and render it all ready to show
>> you. Was Iceape designed to handle 30 MB pieces of text?
>
> I don't know.
>
>>
>> If you can't pull the data with ftp or somethin, what about using lynx?
>> Text browsers don't have to render. Download the text and save it to a
>> file. Or if its already being viewed, 'Print' it to a file. Once you
>> have your 30 MB text file, then you can edit it if you really want.
>
> True, but that doesn't address the potential resource leak issue.
> Moreover, since it appears in different browsers, and seems to affect
> kedit, it seems likely that the problem involves Gnome's clip board
> (which reminds me that I forgot to mention that I am using Gnome).
Doug is absolutely correct. Putting a 30MB file into the clipboard
is going to is a lot of resources.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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