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[Bill <hudacek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I only found this bug tonight - I don't want to seem impatient for a
response :-) but I dug a bit deeper, and tried a series of different
settings in xorg.conf.  My ATI card (too "old" now for fglrx) using the
radeon driver does offer some configuration options.

I ultimately decided that --- with my 256MB RAM video card, and with X
duplicating that size in virtual memory /twice/ --- that I'd try this
Device-section  setting:

    VideoRam    128000

Now, /usr/bin/X starts up and uses about 400MB (at login prompt).  When
you login, it jumps to a bit over 500MB (running Compiz here)  - that's
300 MB less than usual.

I've tried 3d accelerated games on this laptop like the wonderful
Penumbra trilogy) and they just don't cut it - so as long as I can
function day-to-day in Compiz with my 'heavyweight' business/development
apps, I'm ok this way.

I'd like to understand why 2x the card RAM size needs to be allocated,
though :-/    Once my machine starts swapping, it gets ugly fairly
quickly.

Maybe this will help someone - and I'll still be watching for some
solution to this issue.    This is NOT windows, after all..... :-)

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MASTER: memory leak
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/98783
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