On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:11:09 -0700, Steve wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:17:02AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > Well, if xrestop doesn't show any unusual memory usage, how > > > > about just 'top'? > > > > ..aye, did that too, and it showed xrestop loading up. Running > > > sylpheed-gtk1 remotely, I see no problems and even up 18fps in > > > a Flightgear session at 1600x1200x24bpp on a 2048x1536x24bpp > > > KDE-3.5.2-2 on this 7yr old amd k6-2 450MHz rig, ok 1.5 yr old > > > ATI 9250 clone, RV280|5960 chip, on a X-7.0.0 radeon driver. > > > ..and remembering I had left in running, I now see 12.6% memory > > usage by Sylpheed-gtk1, thats off 384MB ram and 1.5GB swap: > > ... which is quite impressive, considering that the X server itself is > only using 2% of memory. But evidently, this syplheed process was > running for quite some time, so this doesn't seem to be an issue of a ..I usually just lock the screens rather than log out or shut down anything, so maybe I'm spoilt by the reliability. :o) > gradual memory leak -- if there is any memory leaking here, it's quite > sudden and only when moving mail as you said. ..aye, and it's completely at random and in a blink, is why capturing the errors would have been nice. > > > ..could it be a font thing? These crashes started after the font > > > I had set up for Sylpheed-gtk1, disappeared off this box, > > > everything else works like it should, AFAICT. > > Uh, it could be tied somehow to the fonts, but I don't see any way to > debug it on that basis alone as I can't imagine any way that would > cause an X server to crash *or* cause an app to chew up memory. ..locales or encodings? I like to use utf-8 fonts. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]