KDE + RAM Problems

pmj · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:24 pm Post subject: KDE + RAM Problems

Hello everyone,

To start with, the computer's specs:

Sony Vaio R505GL
P3-M 1.2 GHz, 256 megs of ram
i830 Intel video, 30 gig hd
Gentoo 1.4_rx, where I can't remember x

2.4.20 w/ acpi patches
KDE 3.1.1a, XFree 4.3

Anyway, I'm running KDE 3.1.1a, and if I leave things going for a while and come back, I find all the RAM used up (~6 megs free) and there is essentially no response from things. I can't run any new programs, the ones that are open remain fine, but if I kill X and try to restart, it won't happen. I can run command line apps fine, but I can't restart a wm. Upon a reboot, everything is fine.

I can attribute this to only three possible things so far:

i) xmms. It seems to be a program I'm always running when this happens.
ii) kde screensaver. It seems to only happen after the screensaver has been on.
iii) shady x drivers? the i830 isn't a mature thing for X yet, but this happens using the i810 driver.

Has anyone had anything similar happen to them, or have any insight into the problem?

I'm going to test by running without a screensaver for a while, and seeing what happens, running without xmms for a while, and seeing what happens, and then trying with openbox as the wm for a while, to see what happens. But hopefully someone here has had this problem before, and can give me a quick fix.

Thanks!
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di1bert · l33t Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 963 Location: Oslo, Norway

Funny thing that...
I had exactly the same thing with XMMS and Fluxbox. I don't remember the exact version of xmms or f/box that I was running at the time, but I think it might have been a plugin of Xmms that was the culprit. I did re-emerge xmms and after that all was fine and dandy (not to mention rm -fr ~/.xmms)

Wonder what it was ?

I am now running KDE, xmms and all the rest and it's fine and dandy. Was also fine with F/Box...
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pmj · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 2:43 am Post subject:

Hi di1bert...

I would have assumed if it was KDE 3.1.1a, there would be some info about it online somewhere, but I can't find anything. So I'm guessing it's not in KDE itself, or not in the obvious parts of KDE.

I've concluded that it isn't the KDE screensaver. Left it running without the screensaver, and the same thing happened. Now I'm going to try it with xmms...

Oooh, I hate it when computers don't quite work.

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pmj · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:09 pm Post subject:

Updates:

Left overnight with xchat2, konqueror, and konsole open, it was perfectly fine. The screensaver is still turned off, and xmms wasn't running, but I have already decided it isn't the screensaver's fault. Now I'll try leaving it on with xmms running. Hopefully this is it!
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di1bert · l33t Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 963 Location: Oslo, Norway

Let me know how your testing goes...

I am pretty sure it was Xmms though, as I was using F/Box at the time and it only died when I was using Xmms...

Just one of those things I guess

I found out the hard way that Xfree 4.3.0-r2 doesn't like my mouse. Not fun recompiling on an AMD 850 :wink:

Anyhoo ..
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