On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:32:08PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > 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.
Since I don't really know how remote X apps work, I thought that they just told the X server what to display; I didn't realize that they could compell it to keep pixmaps around. I'll try with xpdf and report back. Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
