On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 06:22:15PM -0500, Andy Zirkel wrote: > Gnome System Monitor consistently eats up Memory. It's been running for > about two hours and is using 350 megs of ram, climbing steadily. Gnome > Terminal acts similarly but it will use memory as text scrolls past, > usually hogging upwards of 100 megs. This just doesn't seem normal for > a terminal. I realize it's keeping the text that scrolls past, but even > after the buffer is filled it continues to enlarge in size. I'm sure > someone has noticed this before. I can't really do without the > terminal. Can anyone help me out? > Xft in 8.0 leaks memory on X servers that lack the RENDER extension. This manifests most noticeably with apps that update text often, e.g. the terminal or system monitor, but will happen with any app that uses the new font system. You can see if your X server has RENDER using "xdpyinfo" Havoc -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
