begin quote On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:41:15 +0200 a_k_b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> but why is this all related to X's memory usage? shouldnt a program > use its own "memory area"? or is this related to the framework it uses > (gtk2), since the framework must use X directly instead of starting a > viewable process? Actually its related to how X deals with visible images, aka pixmaps. An application has to load a pixmap for display in the X server. When it doesn't want it again, it has to release it, since the X server does not track process calls (threading, sharing pixmaps between applications and so on) This then makes for a mess when a sloppy coder doesn't deallocate RAM as he should when having used X pixmap calls. This is a gaim bug that should be filed. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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