On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 08:58:54PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > Here the file just needs a bit of time and then causes the X server to > consume around 400MB more. (which is not that much considering a > 10000x10000 pixel image of the whole page is loaded into it). > > What kind of machine do you see this behaviour on? Would the X server > taking 400MB more be likely to cause that kind of swapping?
Yes, most likely - I only have 512 MB on that machine (a Centrino notebook), and IIRC a couple of other applications were loaded at the time. So technically speaking, this may not be a bug and you could argue that I should use "ulimit -d" to prevent this kind of problem. But it is very unexpected that a simple PDF file, which displays fine in other programs, will cause the machine to grind to a halt when I use gv. :-/ Cheers, Richard -- __ _ |_) /| Richard Atterer | \/¯| http://atterer.net ¯ '` ¯
