plasma memory/pixmap leak ?

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Wednesday 02 June 2010 10:29:39 R.F. Pels wrote:
> >> Anybody else sees this problem ?
> >> If so, I'll create a bko entry.
> > 
> > to be honest, "there's a leak ... somewhere" reports aren't very
> > useful. if you can spend some time tracking down what is causing it
> > (a specific plasmoid? a wallpaper plugin?) then we can perhaps help.
> > but since configurations can vary so wildly, simply knowing that
> > there's a growing # of pixmaps on your system doesn't give us
> > anything useful to start with, really.
> 
> So, that said, is there any instrumentation in plasmoids and what not to
> be able to determine a rogue component to begin with?

One can start with a bare setup, see if the leak is there, then add components 
(plasmoids, wallpaper plugins) one by one, and see when the leak starts exposing 
itself. That would give a useful hint where to look for the least. (Those components 
are fairly self-contained, making finding a specific problem much easier.)

Cheers,
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sebas

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