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Re: [Bug 763370] Re: xorg memory leak

 

I investigate my problem and find bad app. It was Avant Window Navigator. I  
removed AWN and installed Cairo-Doc. Now Xorg works fine. Very fine.

On May 13, 2011 7:11pm, Lupine <thelupine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, this isn't an application (Chrome or FireFox) memory leak, it is the

> Xorg process which is currently stuck at 1.49GB of memory used.


> [~]> top -n1 | grep Xorg

> 1114 root 20 0 2005m 1.5g 17m S 6 38.6 568:15.14 Xorg


> This only started happening after upgrading to 11.04. I've wiped /

> reinstalled back to 10.10, and I do not see this issue. This is using

> Ubuntu classic, with the following packages installed:


> [~]> dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia

> ii nvidia-common 0.2.30 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers

> ii nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel  
> module and VDPAU library

> ii nvidia-settings 270.29-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA  
> graphics driver


> [~]> dpkg -l | grep -i compiz

> ii compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing  
> manager

> ii compiz-core 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and compositing  
> manager

> ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 transitional dummy
package.

> ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.9.4+bzr20110406-0ubuntu2 transitional  
> dummy package.

> ii compiz-gnome 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and  
> compositing manager - GNOME window decorator

> ii compiz-plugins 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 OpenGL window and  
> compositing manager - plugins

> ii compiz-plugins-extra 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 Collection of extra plugins from  
> OpenCompositing for Compiz

> ii compiz-plugins-main 0.9.4+bzr20110406-0ubuntu2 Compiz Fusion plugins -  
> main collection

> ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.2.4-0ubuntu1 Compiz Fusion  
> configuration system - gconf backend

> ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.9.4-0ubuntu2 Compiz configuration  
> settings manager

> ii emerald 0.7.2-0ubuntu6 Decorator for compiz-fusion

> ii fusion-icon 0.1.0-2ubuntu1 tray icon to launch and manage Compiz
Fusion

> ii libcompizconfig0 0.9.4-0ubuntu2 Settings library for plugins -  
> OpenCompositing Project

> ii libdecoration0 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2 Compiz window decoration  
> library

> ii libemeraldengine0 0.7.2-0ubuntu6 Decoration engines for compiz-
fusion

> ii python-compizconfig 0.9.4-0ubuntu1 Compizconfig bindings for python



> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)

> Status: Invalid => Confirmed


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> Title:

> xorg memory leak


> Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:

> Confirmed


> Bug description:

> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg


> Ubuntu 11.04

> I run X session in classic mode, after some time my xorg taking more and  
> more memory. Now, after 3 hours working, Xorg grab 1.4 Gig. I think it is  
> memory leak.


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  xorg memory leak


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