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unity package

  1. Bug #870042
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 870042

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Markus Lutz (markus-gmlutz) wrote :

I'm not sure, if it is correct to post here, but I had a similar problems since I updated to ubuntu 14.04 LTS (x86_64k). Sometimes I had more than 500MB for each compiz and xorg, which once summed up in 1,2 GB. The system was very slow, then I even thought it had been freezed (but it wasn't), even with a total memory of 4 GB.
I used the drivers form http://ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu, installed the newest kernel, nothing seemed to help.

Finally I tried installing xserver-xorg-video-ati , which hadn't been installed, and voila now the system is fast again as it should be, although it seems as if the same driver (radeon) is used.

Current system:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (x86_64k), kernel 3.14.1, [AMD/ATI] RS880 [Radeon HD 4250], radeon graphic driver ( recent drivers from: http://ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu )