Bug#281050: xserver-common: [i810] Memory leak
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 23:22 +0200, Gintautas Miliauskas wrote:
>
> I just tried gpdf on a large file with X.Org on Ubuntu Hoary (booted
> from a live CD). It appears that the problem is still there, but to a
> lesser extent. The PDF file that made XFree86 suck 200+ MB only
> expanded the X.Org server to 60-70MB. After a few minutes usage dropped
> to 45MB. While it is still noticeable, the effect is significantly
> smaller.
>
> Since gpdf is just a very vague and imprecise indicator of the actual
> problem of X sucking up large amounts of memory over extended periods of
> time, it would probably be more useful to try to run X.Org in real-life
> situations. I am contemplating migration to Hoary, but I am not sure
> that I can find time to do that.
You don't have to do a wholesale upgrade to hoary to run X.org from it.
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