On Sunday, October 24, 2010 04:18:02 stan wrote: > On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:38:23 +0100 > > Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am experiencing a gradual performance drop problem --- having a > > machine running 24/7, after some time (say, two weeks) the system > > becomes increasingly slow, in terms of desktop response. > > <snip> > > > The symptoms appear like something is leaking memory --- slowly > > (noticable only after two weeks of continuous running), but > > cumulatively. > > This probably isn't much help, but what happens if you log out when it > starts to slow, stop X, and then start X? I mean, go to runlevel 3, > then back to runlevel 5. If everything is OK again, it tells you that > the problem is in X. If it isn't, the problem is in the system part, > the OS. Just tried it, logged out and logged back in. Didn't go to runlevel 3, X gets restarted with only logging out and in, AFAIK. Anyway, you seem to be right! Restarting X purged most of the swap, from 1.3 GB it went down to 31.4 MB. And the system regained responsiveness. So apparently something inside X is leaking memory. But X has many components --- compiz, emerald, KDE, Xorg, intel driver, etc., so any idea how do I diagnose this further? I mean, I can restore the system either by reboot or logging out/in, but I'd like to know what is the actual cause of this end eliminate *that*. Hopefully I would like to correct whatever is wrong so that I don't need to get into the situation of having to reboot or relogin myself again. I am open to suggestions on how to proceed in troubleshooting this further. If anything, my system will become slow again in a week or two... ;-) Thanks for the help, any further advice appreciated! Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
