Memory leaks in Gnome

David M. Carney carney1979 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 22:56:24 UTC 2004


On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 11:09:29 +1300, Worik <worik at noggon.com> wrote:
> Friends
> 
> Has anybody else noticed serious memory leaks in Gnome?
> 
> I need to reboot my computer daily, if I neglect to log out and in to
> Gnome, as my swap and memory go to 100% usage.
> 
> Additional to leaks are the infeasible memory usage of some of the applets.
> 
> clock-applet 15.9MB
> mixer-applet  17.4MB
> 
> are just two examples.  There over 30MB for a clock and volume control.
>   Whew!
> 
> Worik
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Yeah, but they're a VERY good clock and mixer-applet! ;-)

Seriously, I usually leave my Ubuntu system up all day, but I just
booted from cleaning the fans.

I'll have to look again in 24 hours and see what they're doing, memory-wise.

David

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