While running KMess on KDE 3.1.4, I notice it's memory usage climbing; most of this use is swapped out (2GB swap, 1GB RAM). After it reaches around 250MB used, I attempt to quit and restart; it SIGSEGVs on exit, whereas if I quit shortly after startup, it doesn't. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run KMess 1.3 and log into MSN. 2. Leave running for a period of several days 3. Look at memory usage, or quit KMess Actual Results: Memory usage keeps climbing, and there's a SIGSEGV on exit Expected Results: Memory usage should eventually stop climbing, and it should exit without complaint. Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.22dm) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22dm i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/ share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/ texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/ texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ / usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx -m3dnow -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs sandbox ccache prelink fixpackages" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/ Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2 -s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg gnome libg++ mad mikmod mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex aalib bonobo svga tcltk guile mysql postgres X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt kde motif opengl mozilla ldap cdr scanner 3dnow acpi acpi4linux artswrappersuid bluetooth caps dga doc dvb dvd dvdr evms2 fam ffmpeg flac freetype gd imap ipv6 irmc java kerberos lufsusermount mmx mozsvg msn mule music offensive pcap pda physfs pic radeon samba sse tiff ultra1 usb v4l wmf xml"
Unfortunately, there's not much we can do about this. Your best bet is to file a bug with the kmess developers.