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xorg package

  1. Bug #80731
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 80731

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brucenico (nicolas-mollet-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Well, I've got a similar problem......
I've noticed that Xorg si always growing in memory, and I don't understand why... So, here are the traces on 24h to see this evolution. The only actions on the PC with ubuntu Edgy were a few web search and mails checks. I didn't work with this computer during those 24h.

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1- before the test. My computer was too slow after a few days of use: Xorg was consuming 80% of my memory (RAM 1Go / Swap 2Go). That was the result with "top". I used "xrestop" and I saw that swiftfox (I'm using an AMD64) was consuming 70%. So I closed all the swiftfox windows. Xrestop said that Xorg was now at 20%. But... with top, Xorg was still at 70% !!! ====> X reboot

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2- begin of the test

19:24
==> Xorg 3% of memory
==> swiftfox 4.9%
==> For whole ubuntu : 243Mo

20:46
==> Xorg: 4.1%
==> swiftfox 5.6%
==> For whole ubuntu : 262Mo

23:15
==> Xorg: 10.3%
==> swiftfox 6.3%
==> For whole ubuntu : 363Mo

The day after, 9:50 (AM) (so: one night without action on the PC)
==> Xorg: 9.8%
==> swiftfox 6.3%
==> For whole ubuntu : 397Mo

20:15
==> Xorg: 13%
==> swiftfox 6.7%
==> 448Mo au total en charge mémoire

(just before this last test, I've check my mails with a webmail in swiftfox, here the traces with xrestop :
With the active webmail
2c00000 323 67 1 264 136 62893K 13K 62906K 5008 Webmail
After closing the webmail and another swiftfox window:
2c00000 259 66 1 211 128 11063K 11K 11075K 5008 Forum
)

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Conclusion:
Swiftfox seems to ask ressources to X, and after closing its windows those ressources seem to be free (xrestop, the last test). BUT, with "top", X stay at the same level in memory ?!?!

==> In 24hours, Xorg goes from 3% to 13% in memory, without working on the pc, just with a small use of swiftfox (and this last: from 4% to 6.7%) ! For the whole Ubuntu system, it goes from 243Mo to 448Mo !

==> Why ??????