On Don, 2002-02-28 at 19:43, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Mike A. Harris wrote: > > > I've had a few reports now both internally and externally, that > > both the nv and nvidia drivers are memleak'ing if the RENDER > > extension is used, or more specifically if KDE AA fonts are > > enabled while using Nvidia hardware. Aparently this problem is > > in XFree86 4.1.0 but is fixed in 4.2.0, however I have no idea > > what the fix is specifically. > > > > There is a SuSE article on their website about this problem as > > well, but with no workaround yet other than to use XFree86 4.2.0. > > If someone familiar with the nv driver could whip up a patch that > > fixes this problem, I'd be glad to include it in unofficial > > builds of XFree86 until our next erratum release. > > > The "nv" driver doesn't have anything to do with RENDER. > It's completely out of the picture. I don't see how this > can be specific to the "nv" or "nvidia" drivers. Growing > memory usage in the server is almost always a client resource > leak. You'll notice that the "nv" driver doesn't allocate > any memory outside of initialization.
This is all true, but I also experienced a leak, if not as bad as the original poster reported, with 4.1.0 on a G3 PowerBook with a Rage128 Mobility. I thought it might be architecture specific, but apparently not? After ruling out the usual suspects like GTK pixmap themes etc., I was also beginning to suspect AA text. I'm not sure right now if it's fixed with a 4.2.0 server and 4.1 libraries, or if it's just the extra RAM. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
