On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, SA wrote: > > i am running > > > > X -version > > > > XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.1.0-3) / X Window System > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > > Release Date: 2 June 2001 > > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > > > using the nvidia kernel driver 2314 > > > > I am experiencing a severe memory leak where X is grow by ~100Mb / hour of use > > this has taken my machine down on at least one occasion and requires that I > > constantly monitor it and restart X on a regular basis. > > > > If this is a known situation could some let me know if there is a fix. > > There was a memory leak in XFree86 which the NVidia driver > exploited :-( This leak was fixed in XFree86 v4.2.0.
If that is the XAA pixmap leak you're refering to, I worked around that in 2314. I've not seen the problem described, but it's probably related to a client resource leak, maybe the window manager. A particular version of Enlightenment had a bug like that once. Imlib was never freeing GCs. Mark. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert