On Fri, 31 May 2002, Michael Hipp wrote: > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My understanding is that with a threaded app, you're seeing the > > multiple threads off of the same parent process. This can best be > > illustrated using 'pstree'. Its not a lie at all, just an > > interpretation. > > Pstree tells me they're threaded. But what does it mean? Is/isn't Moz > using gobs of memory (55+%)?
No. Look at top, and you'll see 1 mozilla process always floating higher up than the rest. On my box, mozilla is using 12.3% of the memory > > Looks like Opera does quite well. However, you can't ignore the fact > > that you need to run about 10 other KDE related processes (which are > > not specifically part of the Konqie proc) in order to fire up Konqie > > in the first place. Add up all of their resource utilizations, and it > > will most likely outdue Mozilla by far. > > True, but if you're running KDE anyway, it's a sunk cost. So Konq > becomes very efficient in that sense. But, like Koffice, it's just not a > real contender. But i dont' run KDE anyway. Hell, i don't even have KDE installed on most of my boxes. > > I've been exceptionally pleased with Mozilla, and i honestly don't use > > any other browser for anything. > > That's what I'm trying to do also, and Moz seems like the *logical* > choice. But this reasource issue shouldn't be ignored. > > > If you (or anyone else) suspects that the version of Mozilla that > > you're running actually has a memory leak, you can easily test it. > > Mozilla comes(the pre-compiled binaries, at least) with a built in > > memory leak detector: > > On the top menu, Debug -> Leak Detector > > I tried that a couple of different ways and got nothing. Neither on the > cli or in the logs. Where does the output go? I dunno *shrug*. I never felt the need to try it. OK, according to the notes on mozilla.org here: http://www.mozilla.org/performance/leak-tutorial.html you have to set an env variable, and run mozilla with the -editor switch. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
