[Opera-Linux] Huge-memory-suckage-uppage update

[Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen]

Kenneth Crudup <kenny at panix.com> writes:

> So I go and install the i386 (32-bit), static version of the latest Opera.
>
> It's been sitting at 896 MB for a hour now (i.e., that *never* happens
> with the 64-bit version). (UPDATE: it's now at only 881MB!)
>
> BUT, since all my plugins are 64-bit (Java, flash, MPlayer, etc. save
> Adobe Reader) aren't recognized and therefore not enabled, maybe that's
> it, too?

Maybe.  Of course, since opera for linux runs the plug-ins themselves in
their own processes, memory used by the plug-ins should not show up in
the memory size of the opera process.  But plug-ins may request various
things from opera, and maybe some of that causes opera to use lots of
memory.

> I'll play with this version a bit longer to ensure it's not leaking, then
> maybe reinstall the 64-bit, shared Beta and turn off Plugins to see if
> I can figure out what's making Opera grow to many GB in size.

Yes, that sounds like a useful test.

eirik