http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5872
Product: XFree86
Component: program
Summary: X is gradually using up all memory
Product: XFree86
Version: 4.3-23mdk
Platform: PC
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: blocker
Priority: P2
Component: program
AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This problem exists in the 4.3-22 and 4.3-23 drivers. Whenever I log into X w/
KDE or Gnome within a matter of hours (2 usually) X uses up enough of the memory
to hang the system. Currently it's at 46% usage, wait it went up to 59.5% and a
couple minutes before it was at 50-ish % as well. Apparently the increased isn't
steady. Not that it matters. The end result is always the same. I get this sound
from my computer indicating that something is accessing the hard drive (kswapd?)
like crazy and seconds to a minute after I have an unusable desktop.
Usage is at 68% now so I better make this quick.
This is how I reproduce it:
log in to kde or gnome
open up a file manager
open up mozilla, x-chat, mcc and gaim.
Sit back and watch the numbers go up.
I actually did watch last time and it seemed to me to happen quicker when
mozilla was open.
I have the cool looking cursors installed for X too, come to think of it I don't
think I was having these problems w/ the plain cursors. I'll switch them and see
what happens.
BTW whenever i do ALt+sysrq+i to kill X (cause ctrl-blah doesn't respond) i get
taken to a garbled terminal.
nvidia ti-4200
256 mb sdram
~500 mb swap
happens when I use nv drivers or nvidia drivers.
Can't think of anything else to help in troubleshooting
X usage was 58% a couple secs ago now it's 67.4% This took me about 5-8 minutes
to write.
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