Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux

Marek Habersack (grendel@vip.maestro.com.pl)
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 12:07:34 +0100 (CET)


On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Gerhard Mack wrote:

> > Perhaps it has somethig to do with the fact that X allocates a buffer ==video
> > mem size to hold the screen data? If the switches are fast enough, the server
> > might not be able to free the previous buffer before it allocates a new one -
> > and it can reuse the space because it didn't restore the previous content of
> > the screen?
>
> The actuall complaint I got was from a series of switches ofver 5- 15
> minutes, doing it quickly just makes it happen sooner. :(
Hmm... it still looks like a memory leak

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