brltty consuming way too much memory

[Me - Atlantic]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 08:27 +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 01:49 -0400, Ben Novack wrote:
> > So brltty, which I have no use for, is sucking up 200MB of resident
> > memory. I can remove it, but only if I remove ubuntu-desktop. I'll do
> > it if I have to, but I'd rather not. brltty doesn't have an entry in
> > the Services editor. How can I get my memory back? 
> 
> Hmmm, I noticed the same problem last night, I have "only" 768MB of RAM,
> which so far has always been plenty enough to not need to touch the swap
> 99.5% of the time, but this new "brltty" process, by using 200MB,
> brought my machine down its knees, I had to kill it for the system to
> recover its usual responsiveness.
> I hope it won't be turned on by default in the final release !
> The effects are bad enough on my machine with 768MB of RAM, but for
> machines with 512MB or even 256MB (I think I saw brand new Dell machines
> with only 256MB, so that's not un-realistic), must be literally the end
> of the world.
> Maybe in 5 years when we all have 4 core CPU's and 16GB of RAM, that
> won't be a problem, but until then... ;-)
> 
> 
> --
> Vince
> 
> 
Vince~
I absolutely agree with you!  MY laptop (Dell8600)came with 256 Mb of
RAM, and I had to switch from gnome to fluxbox just to get better
performance... (firePIG) ... Anything that would put a serious drain on
future upgrades (using 128Mb or better) should be identified before
Dapper goes production for all of us who can't upgrade at the moment

John