Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 08:03:59 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: HUMMDN36@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU (Dave Hummel) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FWD: RE: Netscape Memory Usage and v2.2.1-release Message-ID: <199704041304.IAA25483@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <01IHAI34977W9GWP7L@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU> from Dave Hummel at "Apr 4, 97 02:28:31 am"
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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.... > It is fixed -- you need alot more swap. If you exit out of X periodically, and most of the swap usage is freed -- that will show that the problem is insufficient swap. On a heavily loaded X based system, you can need 100MB or more!!! You also should have at least 2X memory for swap anyway. John
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