On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:23 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > ssh titan -f /usr/bin/kpdf > open a long file > view each page in turn > > As each new page is viewed, xorg uses more memory, and swap goes up. > > Its as if xorg is using memory to hold the image for the new page and > isn't releasing the memory used to hold the old page. I conjuecture > that its holding all viewed pages in memory.
Quite possibly, and likely on behalf of the client, i.e. kpdf in this case. Please rule out first that kpdf is keeping pixmaps around, be it on purpose or by accident. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
