Memory leak???

[Wheelife Pace]

Hi all.

Im running XP (sp3) SL V3xxxxx

I am finding SL memory seems to climb to a point that it crashes, as viewed with Taskmanager.

Starts at  500.000k and climbs rapidly to 1.4 gig then SL crashes

everything was fine with the previous version of Sl...

 

Any ideas ???

[Tristizia Demonista]

There is a similar Thread : http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Viewer/Memory-leak-on-fresh-install/m-p/1066005/message-uid/1066005#U1066005

Maybe the solution there helps you as well  

[Wheelife Pace]

I saw that thread and tried the install, it had no effect.

I dont think this is an SL viewer issue but the problem is apperent when I run SL.

 

im thinkin virus at this point...ugh!

 

 

[Morgan Talbot]

The problem is most likely SL, I've seen this problem and it's common to the TPV's as well as the official viewer. My guess would be some sloppy memory management and relying on windows garbage collection.

As a stopgap, you can try the minimem application which will clean up the unused memory pages of selected applications (http://main.kerkia.com/Tools/Minimem/description.aspx)

 

[Wheelife Pace]

Thanks Morgan, that did the trick!!.. hats off to you!

 

On a side note I was also having issues with the most recent version of Adobe flash (10.3) crashing my machine, Minimem took care of that issue as well....

 

**edit** I find Minimem allows me to use higher graphic settings i.e set to high WITH atmospheric shaders, Lighting and Shadows, Ambient occlusion and "shadows" Sun/Moon + projectors, and still maintain a reasonble frame rate.. woot !!!

 

[Taylor Schroeder]

I am having EXACTLY this problem and its been going on for a LONG time.  (Memory expands constantly up to about 1.4 G, slowing the graphics as it gets closer to that target, then SL crashes.)

 

I have updated my graphics driver many times. I upgraded recently from XP to Windows 7.  I have used the SecondLife official viewer (just downloaded today) and it loses memory slower than Firestorm and Singularity do, but all three viewers have the same issue.

 

1) Mesh makes the problem worse (I lose large chunks of memory, as noted by Task Manager)

2) Moving my camera in and out eats a chunk of memory that is not released.

3) Teleporting eats a chunk of memory that is not released.

4) Holding my camera still does not stop the problem

5) Clearing cache does not slow the problem on the next relog.

Sometimes the viewer crashes instantly with no warning. Other times, the viewer freezes and I have to use Task manager to get rid of the screen.

 

 

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