Bug 75631

Summary:	gnome-terminal leaks memory when used through vncserver
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Ernst-Richard Myrbakk <ernst>
Component:	vte	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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Description Ernst-Richard Myrbakk 2002-10-10 14:26:54 UTC

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Description of problem:
If you start a new gnome-session in a vncserver session, and uses the default
terminal in Gnome (gnome-terminal), it will "leak memory" quite quick if the
terminal is being used. A simple test is to just have the terminal run the
command: "top", and watch how it increases in memory usage untill it finally
crashes.

I'm running the default vncserver that is in the RedHat 8.0 release (version:
3.3.3r2-39) and have also tested the new 3.3.4 release with the same results.
On the other end of the vnc session, I'm running vncviewer v.3.3.3r9 on a
machine running WindowsXP(Service pack 1). I have also tested it whith the new
vncviewer v.3.3.4 - same result.
What is funny about this, is that this behavior is only observed with the
gnome-terminal running in a vncsession. Other terminals, like xterm, konsole
etc. are working flawlessly. I have tested this with two different installations
with the same result. 

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start a gnome-session in a vncserver
2. Connect to vncsession by using a vncviewer from a Windows box
3. Open a gnome-terminal
4. Run: "top"
5. Watch the memory usage for the process "gnome-terminal" grow....
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2002-10-17 22:12:55 UTC

*** Bug 75701 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2002-10-17 22:19:46 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75498 ***