Do you run KDM or XDM? Or are you starting X from a command prompt? When you run top, check the "size" column... X is *almost* always the largest process on every Linux box I come across. Also look at the memory stats in terms of used/free and the amount allocated to buffer or cache. - Herman On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Rodd Ahrenstorff wrote: ->On Wednesday 10 July 2002 9:03 pm, Herman Knief wrote: ->> It's called a "memory leak" and X is notorious for this. -> ->Now wait a minute...I've been running KDE 3.0.1 on SuSE 8.0 for weeks without ->a reboot or restart of X, and I've had no such trouble. I'm opening all ->sorts of applications throughout the day. I only use 256MB of DDR RAM and X ->is using about 4-5% (using 'top'). -> ->Could he have a faulty installation? -> ->-- ->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com -> ->