gnome-terminal has a weight problem

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:31:04PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > The memory usage reported by 'ps' or 'top' is essentially /useless/ as a
> > source of information about how much memory is actually used by a program.
> 
> Trust me, I understand that.  *Changes* in reported sizes are relevant,
> however, especially when it is forever growing.  It's easy enough to see
> that the process is bloating up.

Guess the key is does it ever go down, when closing tabs/windows, because
gnome-terminal has the funky 'one process only' model no matter how many 
terminal windows are open.

> Tried mem-monitor, but it tells me "Can't locate Class/MethodMaker.pm".

Ah, you'll need the  perl-Class-MethodMaker  RPM. I guess I should really 
make an RPM of mem-monitor...

Regards,
Dan.
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