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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:55:37 +1000 (EST)
From: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Netscape Memory Usage and v2.2.1-release 
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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Doug White wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Anthony Hill wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Does FBSD2.2.1/Xfree still have the problem with xapp.s not freeing up 
> > memory ? (Every release I hope I have seen the last of this.)
> 
> Hm, I've never noticed this.

Funny - its been a bane of mine for a couple of years. Find some big fat 
X app (doesnt have to be that big - Netscape is fine) , start it up and 
kill it a few times, and watch your swap go.. till X freezes, then 
reboot, and do it again.

Every release I think it will be fixed this time....