[Freeciv] Re: Freeciv beta release

[Andrew Mitchell <ajmitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thue Janus Kristensen wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Jan Dittberner wrote:
> > Jeff Mallatt wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Freecivers.
> > >
> > > We have just begun the beta-test period which will lead up to version
> > > 1.11.0 of Freeciv.  The first beta version of this release cycle can be
> > > found at:
> > >
> > >     ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/beta_version/freeciv-1.10.2.tar.gz
> > > or
> > >     ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/beta_version/freeciv-1.10.2.tar.bz2
> > >
> > > Please report any bugs to:
> > >     freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > or
> > >     http://www.freeciv.org/cgi-bin/bugs
> >
> >
> > The memory leaks in gtk client's city dialog are still not fixed, I
> > still lose 2 Megs of Memory with each new city dialog.
> >
> > I use:
> >
> > Linux Mandrake 7.0
> > GTK+/Glib 1.2.8
> > glibc 2.1.2
> > XFree86 3.3.6
> >
> > I don't have the time to do debugging now, but I think this is a major
> > bug and should be fixed before the final release of 1.11.0
> >
> > Jan Dittberner
> 
> As I said most of us don't see it...
> 
> If you want to help get the MemProf tool and run civclient with it
> (it is quite easy to use, even I could!). Then you can just click the
> "leak" button and be told where the leak is. Please use a the very latest
> CVS version as of now, as I just fixed some other minor leaks.
> (those I fixed are minor, but they will make the generated output much
> easier read when they are not cluttering the table)
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/otaylor/memprof/index.html
> 
> -Thue

I had this problem, and changing to a non-pixmap gtk+ theme fixed it.
Leaving freeciv overnight made my computer use about 250mb swap :)
Now, i notice no increase in memory usage when using a plain theme.
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