Bug 52208

Summary:	X memory leak
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <mkc14>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	high
Version:	7.1	CC:	mharris, mkc14, mmocle
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Hardware:	i686
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Description Need Real Name 2001-08-21 18:32:16 UTC

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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-12 i686)

Description of problem:
Redhat 7.1 with kernel 2.4.3-12 would crash after 4 or 5 days of running
applications with large memory.  If we run a C program that consumes over
250MB of memory, we would lose X display after a few days.  Logging out of
the desktop would then crash the machine.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run a large memory program.  One that would cause the system to use more
than 1/2 its swap space
2. After a week of continuously running the program, the desktop will no
longer work, i.e. the desktop buttons won't be able to start new
applications.  X display is lost.
3. Logout and the computer will crash.
	

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Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2002-02-14 03:47:38 UTC

Try upgrading to the current erratum kernel+XFree86.  Does this fix
the problem?