Ubuntu
fglrx-installer package

  1. Bug #568988
  2. Comment #42

Comment 42 for bug 568988

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Daniel Castro (castromd) wrote :

For what it's worth. I've never been too happy with Xorg memory utilization so today I tried the following:
1. Uninstalled Ubuntu's proprietary ATI drivers from System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers.
2. Reboot.
3. Download and install ATI drivers from their website. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.25&lang=English
4. Reboot.

Now I'm using latest ATI and memory usage of Xorg seems a lot better.

Note: If xserver has to be updated with the nobackfill fix before installing the drivers, if done after X won't start and drivers will have to be removed and reinstalled.