On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:48:38 -0800 Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 01:22:39PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 01:09:55PM -0800, Bill Moseley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Anyone else experiencing leaks in Xorg? > > > > Yep, yep, yep.... > > > > As gravity (David Nusinow, packager) says, "it's what it does best". > > > > Presumably if you want to help you could run it under valgrind. > > Ok, I can try -- but it seems to leak somewhat slowly. It's just that > I tend to keep my desktop running for months at a time. > > I have a root window image that updates ever five minutes. I thought > I saw somewhere were that might be the leak, but I couldn't see it > leak by updating my root window. > For me it has always been process related. X seems to develop some insane memory leak and then when I close the offending process things are ok again. Can't recall now what where suspect culprits (I think it was something either web/flash related or dri). Try closing programs when that happens and see after each one if things go back to normal. > Any special way of running it under valgrind? I have it installed but > haven't needed it's services in a while -- thank goodness. > > The other bad thing is when I exit Xorg I don't get my console screen > back. I get a black screen with large green blocks scattered around > the screen. Running "reset" doesn't fix, but I can run "startx" > again. That's a drag. > > > > -- > Bill Moseley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
