On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Bourdon, Bruce wrote:
> > I left the system alone in X for hours Saturday. When I returned the hard
> > drive was running continuously and it took about ten seconds for the mouse
> > pointer to move in response to physically moving the mouse.
>
> This sounds like something is leaking memory over time. Screen savers are
> good at this, as are some window managers (*cough* Enlightenment *cough*).
> I've even seen the X server itself grow larger over time. You might try
> logging out and back in again; see if that makes a difference.
>
> Some one else pointed out that this might also simply be a scheduled job
> kicking in.
>
Also, was Netscape running? I know the 4.75 version I have leaks
memory like a sieve, need to shut it down & restart it at least once a
day, or see similar to what you saw.
jeff
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