Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!rchland.ibm.com!oester+ From: oester+@rchland.ibm.com (Bob Oesterlin) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Memory leaks, etc Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 90 16:33:43 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Organization: The Internet Lines: 17 We're currently try to track down a core leak in Xibm, that seems to be related to backing store. If you run Andrew console , have backing store enabled, and the screen blanks, the server will quickly grow to a great size. Console seems to be doing a large number of "set clipped region", and for some reason this call will cause the server to grow when the window blanks (or another window overlays the console window). I'm not saying that it's ATK's fault, but what ever console is doing certainly makes it worse. If we don't run console, the server stays (about) the same size over long periods. Bob PS: My X server that I started yesterday was about 1 meg in size; now it's close to 4 meg.