Subject: Re: Xsun memory leak?
To: Todd Vierling <tv@NetBSD.ORG>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/02/1998 21:41:25
I've also seen something similar when I use the SunOS Netscape
under 1.3.1 - if I browse enough Xsun will die. I keep meaning
to compile Xsun -g to see why....
David/absolute
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On Sat, 2 May 1998, Todd Vierling wrote:
> On Sat, 2 May 1998, Brad Salai wrote:
>
> : I've noticed that Xsun uses more and more memory as time goes on, and
> : applications come and go.
> :
> : It starts out at about 4.5 M and after half a day was up to 19 M.
>
> Hm. I'd hazard a guess of "memory fragmentation" more than "memory leak."
> This happens to me a lot at work where we all are forced to use Solaris and
> CDE... so I always log out at the end of the day so that the X server is
> restarted.
>
> By any chance, do you use one of these applications?
> - LyX
> - ApplixWare
> - Anything VERY font intensive
>
> --
> -- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)
>