On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 07:34:54AM -0800, Brian wrote: > As a longtime Debian user, I really appreciate the > community that makes Debian the best. My question: > What is the best way to track down a possible > memory leak that I have no idea which program is > causing it even? Here is the problem: > I have a PIII-600 with 256 MB and an ATI Radeon > 9000 pro. My memory usage is fairly low when I > first bootup and login. The apps that I leave open > usually are Mozilla-Thunderbird and Firefox and > then I will open other things now and then. I use > WindowMaker and GDM, as well. However after a few > days to a week the memory usage has gradually > climbed to unbearable. Further, even if I close > all programs and leave the computer on, the memory > usage doesn't drop to what it was when I logged > in. How can I trace what software is sucking my > memory?
It's probably the X server. Try running "top" or "ps aux | less" and look for which process has large numbers under "RSS" or something like that. What is the output of "free"? Are you out of swap, or just RAM? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]