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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
  
  Over a period of a few days, my desktop runs out of memory.  "top"
  sorted by memory usage shows xorg as the biggest, and growing, consumer
  of memory is xorg.
  
  Memory usage increases when we switch users, "sudo cat
  /proc/<pid>/status | grep VmPeak" grows by 50MB each switch-plus-switch-
  back.
  
  Opening windows seems to increase usage too.  The more complex the
  application (firefox vs gnome-terminal), the more memory consumed.
  
  When no new windows are created, memory consumption seems stable.
  
  This only seems to affect the first X session.  Starting more
  applications on the second user doesn't seem to affect memory
  consumption.
  
  As far as I can tell, this is independent of the use of desktop effects.
  
  Logging off reclaims memory.  Killing applications does not reclaim
  memory.
  
  Lastly, I notice that using "sudo pmap -d `pgrep X`" shows more (and increasing) lines like:
      00007f034b77c000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00009 drm mm object (deleted)
  
  The increase in the number of these lines (thousands) correlates to an
  increase in memory usage.  My guess is that this is the source of memory
  leaks
  
  Drivers and software are all from the standard repos ('cept medibuntu).
  I did try the latest stable intel video driver from PPA, but it broke
  badly.
  
  Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
  Release:	9.04
  
  xserver-xorg-video-intel:
    Installed: 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9.3
    Candidate: 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9.3
    Version table:
   *** 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9.3 0
          500 http://ubuntu.ubucache jaunty-updates/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9 0
          500 http://ubuntu.ubucache jaunty/main Packages
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9.3
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-14-generic (buildd@yellow) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 01:19:55 UTC 2009
  SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic x86_64
+ 
+ [lspci]
+ 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller [8086:2e30] (rev 03)
+     	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
+ 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2e32] (rev 03)
+     	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:d000]

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X consumes ever-increasing memory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410248
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