On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Henrik Farre wrote: > Yello > > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 17:06:03 -0400 > Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, as time goes on, say the X server has been running for a few > > days, with XMMS staying up almost all the time, occasionally running > > XawTV with the GATOS project's km module for video4linux, and > > occasionally running Mozilla off and on, there comes a time where the X > > environment feels overall slower, like screen refreshes have a tad more > > flicker in them. The giveaway symptom is when I scroll XMMS's playlist > > and instead of that smooth flicker-free scrolling, the scrolling doesn't > > feel as smooth and has a lot of flicker in it. That problem never goes > > away--even after restarting XMMS several times, the problem doesn't go > > away. Most applications still run fine but screen refreshes, especially > > for graphically-intense applications, feel a little slower. The problem > > DOES go away, however, when I restart the X server. > > I have the same problem. If I run xmms and play some ogg files, X start > to eat up cpu time until it reaches 99,9% (checked with top). I can close > xmms and it drops to something normal (0,5%-2%). If I start xmms again it > goes op again. But it only happen when I play ogg files.... not when I > play CDDA _or_ mp3. I find it _very_ strange. I have switched to freeamp > and the problem is gone now.... > >
Maybe xmms has an X resource leak. If you're running XFree86 CVS you can use the X-Resource extension. I've got a little test app at: http://www.xfree86.org/~mvojkovi/restest.c Mark. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
