[mythtv] Memory leaks in 0.20.2-0ubuntu10.1

belcampo belcampo at zonnet.nl
Wed Feb 13 08:04:41 UTC 2008


>      > I started using the mythtv recently and noticed severe memory
>     leak symptoms.
>      > The system is x86 Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy upto date on 2/10/2008.
>     Mythtv version
>      > is 0.20.2.
>      > I have 2GB RAM. When system boots up, I run several apps and
>     close them
>      > after some time (for testing) and memory usage is normal... even
>     goes down
>      > when I close all apps. Seen in top, saider, vmstat etc.
>      > But when I start using mythtvfrontend on a network client, the memory
>      > utilization starts going up and hits 95%. Even after stopping
>     frontend and
>      > backend, it never recovers. System swap usage also starts.
> 
>     To prove that MythTV is the culprit, you should
> 
>     1. post the output of free -m before you start the fronted
> 
>     2. post the output of free -m after you feel to hit the memory leak
> 
>     3. post the output of ps aux when this happens
> 
>     Regards,
>     Tino
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I've seen it before, but no one seemed to care
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/240901?#240901



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