Re: X apparently not releases memory

2002-09-10 Thread J. Imlay
> > Why not use depth 16? > > AFAIK depth 16 is a 2 bytes not much difference from 15 (almost 2 bytes) > what makes it worth over depth 16? In memory if you want to write bits that don't fit nice on a byte, you have to, y = 10101b; /* or however you specify 5 bits you want to go at the begining o

Re: xvfb-run side-effects

2002-09-10 Thread Maitland Bottoms
On # Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:34:45 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: >Yikes, a brief look at xvfb-run reveals syntax errors in it. > >I'll fix it up for 4.2.1-0pre1v2; let me know if that one works >better. Feel free to send me an email of an updated xvfb-run, since it is small and easy to send. No need t

Re: X apparently not releases memory

2002-09-10 Thread Carlos Barros
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:57:27AM +0200, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > > http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/files/analyse-x.pl > Why not use depth 16? AFAIK depth 16 is a 2 bytes not much difference from 15 (almost 2 bytes) what makes it worth over depth 16? -- Carlos Barros.

Re: XF86config-4 overwritten

2002-09-10 Thread Bryan W. Headley
Branden Robinson wrote: On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 05:25:23PM -0500, Bryan W. Headley wrote: It's there, it just doesn't nag you every time. Groovy. It zaps my XF86Config whenever it feels like not nagging me. I feel special, for unknown reasons... The "zapping" is extensively documented.

Re: X apparently not releases memory

2002-09-10 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/files/analyse-x.pl

Re: X apparently not releases memory

2002-09-10 Thread Charl P. Botha
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 11:19:23AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > I have a problem with recent Xfree86-4.2.0 and .1 pre debs (IMHO since > 0-0pre1v3 or so). After few hours of intensive working, Xfree needs more > and more memory even after closing (or killing) every X application, it > keeps lots of

X apparently not releases memory

2002-09-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include I have a problem with recent Xfree86-4.2.0 and .1 pre debs (IMHO since 0-0pre1v3 or so). After few hours of intensive working, Xfree needs more and more memory even after closing (or killing) every X application, it keeps lots of memory. 5778 root 9 -10 276M 7992 7680 S < 0.5