Comment 62 for bug 1053959

I've verified that killing and restarting /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/indicator-applet.desktop restores normal behaviour in other apps, so I don't have to restart the X server any more.

i915_gem_objects before and after:

chris@lap-x201:~$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_gem_objects
43847 objects, 103444480 bytes
2565 [1740] objects, 351232000 [209481728] bytes in gtt
  97 [32] active objects, 54587392 [13967360] bytes
  2468 [1708] inactive objects, 296644608 [195514368] bytes
7 pinned mappable objects, 12759040 bytes
66 fault mappable objects, 385024 bytes
2147483648 [268435456] gtt total

chris@lap-x201:~$ kill 5103

chris@lap-x201:~$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_gem_objects
2548 objects, 292028416 bytes
1694 [1186] objects, 253702144 [143339520] bytes in gtt
  49 [41] active objects, 46473216 [14962688] bytes
  1645 [1145] inactive objects, 207228928 [128376832] bytes
7 pinned mappable objects, 12759040 bytes
140 fault mappable objects, 4497408 bytes
2147483648 [268435456] gtt total

chris@lap-x201:~$ awn-applet -p /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/indicator-applet.desktop -u 1347961205 -w 23068725 -i 1 &

chris@lap-x201:~$ sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_gem_objects
1616 objects, 194662400 bytes
798 [651] objects, 150114304 [93024256] bytes in gtt
  70 [54] active objects, 46964736 [15323136] bytes
  728 [597] inactive objects, 103149568 [77701120] bytes
8 pinned mappable objects, 12775424 bytes
91 fault mappable objects, 815104 bytes
2147483648 [268435456] gtt total