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. -- Earthling Michel DÃnzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
