Troubleshooting server memory leaks

[Pat Kane]

Does xrestop show anything interesting?

I'd do a 'xrestop -b -m1'  before and after your testing and then
compare the two outputs.

Pat
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Ross Vandegrift <ross at kallisti.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 09:42:01PM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
>> This is Xorg 7.4, X server 1.6.5, nv driver, no compositing manager,
>> no DRI.  System is Debian testing/unstable.
>
> I've been experimenting with this overnight th epast few days.  A few
> observations:
>
> 1) If I start a fresh X server, RSS goes to 6M and stays as long as I
> don't log in, including overnight.
>
> 2) I read some previous issues where long-running Firefoxes triggered
> similar leaks.  Last night I left clients going (banshee and vuze),
> but close firefox.  RSS was up to 856M this morning.
>
> 3) Tonight, I'm going to try leaving my WM running but no other
> clients.
>
> Ross
>
>
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