No, this isn't an application (Chrome or FireFox) memory leak, it is the
Xorg process which is currently stuck at 1.49GB of memory used.
[~]> top -n1 | grep Xorg
1114 root 20 0 2005m 1.5g 17m S 6 38.6 568:15.14 Xorg
This only started happening after upgrading to 11.04. I've wiped /
reinstalled back to 10.10, and I do not see this issue. This is using
Ubuntu classic, with the following packages installed:
[~]> dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii nvidia-common 0.2.30
Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1
NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-settings 270.29-0ubuntu1
Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
[~]> dpkg -l | grep -i compiz
ii compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
transitional dummy package.
ii compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.9.4+bzr20110406-0ubuntu2
transitional dummy package.
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator
ii compiz-plugins 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
OpenGL window and compositing manager - plugins
ii compiz-plugins-extra 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
Collection of extra plugins from OpenCompositing for Compiz
ii compiz-plugins-main 0.9.4+bzr20110406-0ubuntu2
Compiz Fusion plugins - main collection
ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.2.4-0ubuntu1
Compiz Fusion configuration system - gconf backend
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.9.4-0ubuntu2
Compiz configuration settings manager
ii emerald 0.7.2-0ubuntu6
Decorator for compiz-fusion
ii fusion-icon 0.1.0-2ubuntu1
tray icon to launch and manage Compiz Fusion
ii libcompizconfig0 0.9.4-0ubuntu2
Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositing Project
ii libdecoration0 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
Compiz window decoration library
ii libemeraldengine0 0.7.2-0ubuntu6
Decoration engines for compiz-fusion
ii python-compizconfig 0.9.4-0ubuntu1
Compizconfig bindings for python
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763370
Title:
xorg memory leak
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