Re: [Pan-users] 0.13.4 memory leaks

[Steven Ellis]

--- Duncan <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun 09 Mar 2003 15:41, Steven Ellis posted as
> excerpted below:
> > 
> > --- Brian Morrison <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 07:00:48 -0500 in
> > > address@hidden
> "Chris
> > > Charlebois" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I've noticed the problem too. To repeat the
> problem, try downloading a
> > > > bunch of large binaries until the systems
> memory usage is 100% and the
> > > > swap file is starting to be utilized. Then
> continue to download large
> > > > binaries until the swap file is filled, once
> it is, boom!!.
> > >
> > > That sounds like the usual VM OOM problem rather
> > > than Pan as such.
> >
> > What VM 00M problem? I use RH 7.2 with a custom
> 2.4.20
> > kernel and I have the same problem with Pan 0.13.4
> and
> > 0.13.90. Eventually Pan eats all the memory on the
> box
> > after performing a large number of big binary
> > downloads.
> 
> Well, it is the VM dealing with it, sure, but that
> doesn't mean it's the VM 
> causing the problem.
> 
> What sort of memory and swap U run, Chris & Steve? 

320 Mb Real Ram on a K6-2+ 500, with 256Mb of Swap. I
often see Pan grab over 400Mb of memory, and usually
the kernel manages to kill the app, but yesterday the
whole machine fell over. I run a 2.4.18 kernel on this
machine at the moment.

Steve 

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