> However, I found that Xorg memory usage is still very high : > > 1446 root 448M 150M sleep 45 0 0:04:53 4.4% Xorg/3 > especially compared to the one on my home server, > with basically the same session apps running > (including compiz, awn and conky) : > > 720 root 88M 58M sleep 59 0 1:01:32 0.1% Xorg/3 > Any idea where I could look further and what might be > the cause (does it make any sense to blame the > graphic adapter, or rather lack of it ?).
A big chunk of the memory size reported for Xorg is usually the mapped frame buffer memory. I suspect the first card has e.g 256 mbyte of video memory, while the other card in the home server is some old video card with e.g. 8 mbyte of video memory. The exact amount of video memory found on each of the systems should be reported somewhere in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. Note that some cards use main system memory as frame buffer memory (e.g. intel video, or nvidia cards with "turbo cache", ati cards with "hypermemory", ...). In that case it might make sense to enter the bios setup and reduce the amount of video memory assigned to the video card, so that more memory remains usable for the operating system. The other source of memory usage for Xorg is probably pixmaps / images that are displayed, e.g. when you have lots of firefox tabs open. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
