Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 17:31:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Jason White <mwhite+@CMU.EDU> To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Cc: andrew@pubnix.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uptime report Message-ID: <4ltgEyO00YUq0aYXg0@andrew.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607120055.UAA08171@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu> References: <199607120055.UAA08171@ulc199.residence.gatech.edu>
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Excerpts from freebsd-stable: 11-Jul-96 Re: Uptime report by Kenneth Merry@ulc199.res > How long has your X server been running? That's the real key, I > think. When you run xdm, and log in and out, I don't think the X server > process is ever actually killed. It just kinda restarts. I have seen > similar symptoms running xdm with AcceleratedX 1.2. The 'fix' is to kill > the X server every once in a while, when swap usage gets up there, and the > swap space will be returned. (to kill the server, control-alt-bs) xdm > will just crank the server right back up. A better solution is to use a line like: DisplayManager._0.terminateServer: true in your xdm-config file. This restarts the server every time you log out. -Matt ----- Matt White Email: mwhite+@cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/mwhite/www/
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