[Freeciv-Dev] Fwd: Re: Freeciv Client eats my memory (PR#374)

[Thue Janus Kristensen <thue@xxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Freeciv Client eats my memory (PR#374)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 20:35:24 +0200
From: Jan Dittberner <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:

> On Thu, 18 May 2000, jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Full_Name: Jan Dittberner
> > Version: 1.10.0-devel (CVS 2000/10/18)
> > Distribution: Built from source
> > Client: Gtk+
> > OS: Linux Mandrake 7.0 (Kernel 2.2.14, Glibc 2.1.2)
> > Submission from: (NULL) (62.158.111.219)
> >
> >
> > The Gtk+ Client seems to have problems with memory handling, in around 4
> > hours it grabbed my whole memory (128 MB physical + 100 MB swap).
> >
> > I took the current CVS compiled it with no additional optimization flags.
> >
> > I think that some of the widgets were not correctly destroyed.
>
> This has been reported once before; but we can't reproduce it ourselves :/
> What gtk version do you use?

I use glib-1.2.7 and gtk+-1.2.7 which are the latest available.

> Perhaps you could monitor the memory use and see what widget is at fault.

I think candidates are the city widgets for example, they capture around 2 MB
and don't release it if they get closed, but I don't think they are the only 
ones.

I'll do a more detailed analysis if I have some spare time.

Jan Dittberner