blue screen of death after logout

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> Does the X server have to be restarted for every login? 
>> I don't know about now, but it's been found to be advantageous to, in
>> the past.  X is big, and if it eats your memory as it runs, it can be a
>> problem on systems that run continuously.
> 
> There was a time when it didn't restart, then a few releases back it was
> decided that it should. I for one am happier the way it is now because

Is this configurable?


> my X server definitely leaks memory quite severely. I posted about this
> a while back (see
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-September/msg00036.html) but got no reaction. The problem is quite solid and reproducible. I was holding off reporting it to BZ in case any of the pending updates fixed it but they haven't.

You should post your results to xorg at lists.freedesktop.org. They will 
get more serious attention there.

- Mike