Subject:   -80- Why does my X server (Xsgi) grow inexorably?
Date: 13 Aug 1995 00:00:01 EST

  It's a combination of bugs in the kernel and X server (Xsgi) which
  result in leaked memory being allocated to Xsgi. Its total size (but
  not its resident size) increases until swap space is completely
  filled.

  You can either add the following to /usr/bin/X11/X before the lines
  where it starts Xsgi

    MALLOC_CONFIG=2:mm_minunmapsrch=0:mm_xf[0].mm_flindx=7:mm_xf[0].mm_szshft=5:mm_xf[1].mm_flindx=2055:mm_xf[1].mm_szshft=8:mm_xf[2].mm_flindx=2065:mm_xf[2].mm_szshft=20:mm_flsearh=30:mm_missthrash=4:mm_nszmult=32
    export MALLOC_CONFIG

  (two lines, one beginning with "MALLOC_CONFIG=" and one with "export")
  or restart Xsgi periodically by hand or at each logout as described
  above.