Bug#378004: Memory consumption of xorg explodes when using matlab

[Julien Cristau <julien.cristau@ens-lyon.org>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 17:09:19 +0200, Joachim Kruithof wrote:

> Problem : xorg memory occupation raises each time I open a window BUT 
> when the window is closed the memory is still occupied.
> Consequence : xorg saturates memory and swap. Computer is non-responsive 
> and I cannot do anything but hard reboot.
> 
> When I close matlab the memory consumption of xorg gets back to normal.
> 
This is probably a matlab bug.
X doesn't do memory management for the clients, so if matlab stores
pixmaps on the server when it creates windows, but doesn't tell X to
free the pixmaps when you close the windows, the memory allocated on
behalf of matlab by the server isn't freed.

Cheers,
Julien Cristau