[sldev] Major memory leak with 1.19.1 release

[Robin Cornelius]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Mike Monkowski <monkowsk at watson.ibm.com> wrote:
> There are leaks, but try this:
>
>  From VWR-364
>
> > [EDIT by Nicholaz Beresford] Some of the memory usage may be by design
> (texture buffer based on video ram setting ... up to 700-800 MB on the
> system the user above reports), see
> https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-733 . A resolution to this part of
> the problem is to set video ram (preferences, adv. graphics) to a lower
> value (128 MB)
> >

Yes,

Setting this too high can lead to swap storming for sure (if you run
out of ram, 700MB for textures is quite a lot), so it is worth setting
low for memory leak fighting.

Robin