[kde-linux] artsd memory/swap creep

[Richard Pace]

Hi:
SuSE 9.3 with KDE 3.5.0 level 'a' with 384MB real and 768MB Swap file.

The majority of the times when I've had to unexpectedly boot have been related 
to the swap file being used completely and the system goes into thrashing 
mode - a lot of disk I/O and not much can be done.

I usually keep KsysGuard up and I noticed the last time this happened, artsd 
seemed to have an unusually large VmSize - I don't remember the exact number 
now.

So now I watch the VmSize in KsysGuard.  Anytime I see artsd usage get large, 
say 200MB (I assume KsysGuard reports in KB units), I restart artsd from the 
KDE control center.  That bumps the artsd VmSize usage down to around 10Mb 
and frees up a lot of SWAP space.

It seems each time a sound notification arrives, say from KMAIL or KOPETE, the 
artsd VmSize increases (also VmRss) monotonically - never goes back down 
until I restart artsd ("never" might be too strong - sometimes the number 
backs off a little, but most of the time not).  So I restart artsd about 
every 3-4 days.  

Anyone notice this behavior?  and/or has this been reported before?
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Regards,
Richard
Registered LINUX user #406542
http://counter.li.org.