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Subject: -74- Why does my X server (Xsgi) grow inexorably?
Date: 04 May 1996 00:00:01 EST
It's a combination of bugs in the kernel and X server (Xsgi) which
result in leaked memory being allocated to Xsgi. Its total size (but
not its resident size) increases until swap space is completely
filled. It is fixed by the combination of patches 1187 (for non-Impact
graphics) or 1098 (for Impact graphics) and 1255 for IRIX 5.3.
You might also add the following to /usr/bin/X11/X before the lines
where it starts Xsgi
MALLOC_CONFIG=2:mm_minunmapsrch=0:mm_xf[0].mm_flindx=7:mm_xf[0].mm_szshft=5:mm_xf[1].mm_flindx=2055:mm_xf[1].mm_szshft=8:mm_xf[2].mm_flindx=2065:mm_xf[2].mm_szshft=20:mm_flsearh=30:mm_missthrash=4:mm_nszmult=32
export MALLOC_CONFIG
(two lines, one beginning with "MALLOC_CONFIG=" and one with
"export") or restart Xsgi periodically by hand or at each logout as
described above.
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