why does XMMS eat so much memory? is it mmap()'ing the MP3 files into
memory?

<process list below>
...
2944 1688 do_sel S    pts/1      0:02 ssh rikku
2520 1380 wait4  S    pts/2      0:00 bash
58412 40016 rt_sig S  ?          0:00 /usr/bin/galeon
2348 1032 wait4  S    pts/2      0:00 su
2548 1420 wait4  S    pts/2      0:00 bash
5732 5732 end    SL   pts/2      0:02 cdrecord -p
5732 5732 nanosl S    pts/2      0:08 cdrecord -p
123448 108896 do_sel S ?         0:09 xmms         <--- LOOK HERE!
123448 108896 sock_w S ?         0:00 xmms         <--- HERE TOO!!
3128 1216 -      R    pts/3      0:00 ps axl
...

just look at that memory footprint! 108MB in-core!!


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Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mosaic Communications, Inc.

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