On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, SA wrote:
> > i am running
> >
> > X -version
> >
> > XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.1.0-3) / X Window System
> > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> > Release Date: 2 June 2001
> > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
>
> > using the nvidia kernel driver 2314
> >
> > I am experiencing a severe memory leak where X is grow by ~100Mb / hour of use
> > this has taken my machine down on at least one occasion and requires that I
> > constantly monitor it and restart X on a regular basis.
> >
> > If this is a known situation could some let me know if there is a fix.
>
> There was a memory leak in XFree86 which the NVidia driver
> exploited :-( This leak was fixed in XFree86 v4.2.0.
If that is the XAA pixmap leak you're refering to, I worked around
that in 2314. I've not seen the problem described, but it's probably
related to a client resource leak, maybe the window manager. A particular
version of Enlightenment had a bug like that once. Imlib was never
freeing GCs.
Mark.
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