Hi a_k_b! Another app that seemed to eat all my available memory was xchat version 1.8.x that used gtk+1.2.x. After 2 or 3 hours of chatting in the gentoo channel resulted in the X using about 256MB RAM (all of it that is :-P) and 250MB swap making the system unstable and only usuable after I pushed the magic button of reset :-) I have no problems with the 2.x versions of xchat as it uses gtk2 and it seems that it works much better that 1.2.x. If you want to try another multiprotocol IM client have a look at ayttm(previously known as everybuddy).
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:41:15 +0200 a_k_b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Same problems here, sure it's gaim, sure sylpheed-claws releases > > it's memory without problems, but, when you have all your gtk+ apps > > killed, why the memory isn't released?? > > well, i tested around for a while now and have to say that it really > seems to be gaim. the less i chat with gaim, the later the problems > occur. i tried to concentrate my activities to irssi the last few days > and used gaim for only few hours. sometimes while sleeping (so no > great activity on gaim)... and its okay, i didnt have to restart X > again. the memory usage is about 22%, sometimes more, sometimes less. > > 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? > > arne > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
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