mem leeks

[somethin2cool at yahoo.com]

somethin2cool at yahoo.com wrote:
> Olivier Fourdan wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> somethin2cool wrote:
>>> is it true xfce leeks memory? 
>> Dunno, depends where you got that information :)
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>>> i am having big memory problems, but i 
>>> don't think xfce is responsible.
>> It's hard to tell with so little information. If you want people to help
>> you, first help them understanding your problem...
>>
>> May I suggest that you (re-)read that document:
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>>     http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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>> Thanks,
>> Cheers,
>> Olivier.
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> 
> Ah well that's right, except that I wasn't asking for help on my memory 
> problem, just about xfce memory leeks. Asking for help with memory 
> management is a distro topic, not a DE topic. I though I posted the 
> questions about analysis in a different list/group ^_^, which is where I 
> heard that xfce might leak memory, so i just wanted to verify. I'll try 
> and find out how to find out if I have the combo of xfce and glib. and 
> compile (i hate compiling) a solution
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from gmane.linux.debian.user

"These are known memory leaks in xfdesktop[0] and xfce4-menu-plugin[1]. 
There is
not much you can do about it; I for myself periodically kill xfdesktop and
restart it to free some memory."

Sorry for 2 seperate posts