At 08:30 AM 2/15/00 , Philip D. Jenkins wrote:
>since Redhat's 6.1 rpms. It seems to get worse the more I use the Gnome
>Terminal, I tend to have about 12 gnome terminals open at all the time
>for several days until it gets to slow, the a simple restart of X fixes
>the problem. I have always suspected that is was a memory problem in
>gnome. Correct me if I am wrong.
The kids at the local LUG mentioned that they noticed that X leaks
memory... something to do with the way it stores bitmaps. So over time,
one or more of the X processes grows quite large. They said they reported
it and the distro, Red Hat I believe, told them that it was a design flaw
in X that couldn't be fixed. Maybe you can find the ticket in bugzilla.
This matches my experiences.
The other problem I have is a process which runs wild, usually after
Netscape blows up. I usually have to kill it by hand AFTER exiting
gnome. ld.linux.so, I think.
Obviously gnome is still a work in progress but no less stable than, say,
Windows 98. I don't leave either up any longer than need be... At least
when gnome wigs out I can quickly bring it under control...
-Alan
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