[Freeciv-Dev] Re: out of disk space? (PR#615)

[Thue <thue@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 14:55:09 Paul Dean wrote:
> Thue <thue@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > > > Umm, the gtk client uses gdk, so we are talking about the same
> thing.
> > > > We know from earlier that the leak occurs when a unit blinks. By
> > > tracing
> > > > the calls that function makes it seems likely to happen somewhere
> in
> > > > client/gui-gtk/mapview.c:update_map_canvas() . And from there it
> seems
> > > > likely to happen in gdk_draw_pixmap(). So start by checking if that
> is
> > > > correct by modyfying the code there to call that function 10000
> times
> > > in a
> > > > row. If the leak is there you will then know :)
> > > 
> > > I just did, and I didn't know.  :)
> > 
> > Well, look at the memory usage. If the leak is in a specific function
> > calling it 10000 times will use all your memory.
> 
> Memory was fine.  I was watching it.  It took a while to draw the
> pixmap 1000 times, but memory stayed the same.
> 
> > You should of course use the windows version when you test this...
> 
> I'm using the same system on which is a memory leak...
> 
> > > > Assuming that really is the problem, get the gdk source code for
> > > windows
> > > > and start looking at it :).
> > > 
> > > I must be missing something... why would the source code for windows
> > > matter when the bug is in the linux library?
> > 
> > Well, obviously (?) the memory leak bug was introduced when porting
> > the gdk lib from linux to windows. And I guess it is a windows lib
> > now that it is ported.
> 
> sorry, I still don't understand.  The gdk libraries on my linux system
> have a bug.  Right?  They were at some stage compiled from source.
> You're saying that I need the windows source rather than the linux
> source?


Ahh, sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you were talking about the
windows gtk client...
Under linux, try and see if the program memproff can find the leak.
memproff is fairly intuitive point-and-click.

-Thue