Compiz is not expected to be using that memory... And neither should chrome. I think you have a resource leak emanating from mesa (or at least mesa on behalf of the client).
The easiest way to use perf (after installing it with apt-get install linux-tools) is sudo perf top. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201403 Title: Unity performance issue on intel gpu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1201403/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp