I'm seeing Xorg leaking memory too: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531779
Regards, Dennis On 02/03/2010 06:35 PM, Marcus Rademacher wrote: > It lists x-nautilus-desktop at the top with 2257K, then two more entries > that are <unknown> with 2250K in use each. > > Marcus > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Clemens Eisserer <linuxhi...@gmail.com > <mailto:linuxhi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > What does xrestop report when you see Xorg consuming such large > amounts of memory? > > - Clemens > > 2010/2/3 Marcus Rademacher <ending...@gmail.com > <mailto:ending...@gmail.com>>: > > I'm having an issue with Xorg using a ton of memory. To start > off, here are > > the machine specs: > > > > Dell Precision M4400 > > 4 GB of RAM > > Dedicated video card with onboard video RAM > > Running Ubuntu 9.10 x64 > > Not using Compiz or any special display effects. > > > > Results of "X -version": > > X.Org X Server 1.6.4 > > Release Date: 2009-9-27 > > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server x86_64 Ubuntu > > Current Operating System: Linux marcus-laptop 2.6.31-17-generic > #54-Ubuntu > > SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 > > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic > > root=UUID=dc474f24-3833-4896-bd3e-0a209d66a767 ro vga=799 quiet > splash > > Build Date: 14 November 2009 05:48:57PM > > xorg-server 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1 (buildd@) > > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > > to make sure that you have the latest version. > > > > I'm using this machine for thesis research, and that involves > running some > > niche software and some of my own code. The crux is that many > folders and > > files are created and deleted over the course of 30 seconds. > These runs take > > several days to complete. > > > > The problem is that if I start out with a fresh log in Xorg > starts at about > > 30 MiB in use. After letting my program run overnight, Xorg is > typically > > using several GiB of memory, pushing the amount in use up about 95%. > > Normally I can do regular web browsing while my program runs, but > when the > > memory usage is that high the whole machine is unusable, and my > research > > program slows a lot. > > > > So what I'm actually running is a bash script that calls a commercial > > optimization code (HEEDS) several times in sequence, which in > turn calls > > Matlab and some very small C programs of mine many times as well. > So no > > instance of my code or HEEDS is running the entire length of > time, since > > they end and new instances begin many times. That fact, and that > I've run > > this same thing on other Linux platforms and Windows without > issue makes me > > think that this is unrelated to the code I'm running. Perhaps it's > > exacerbated by the many folders and files that are created over > the course > > of the program's run. > > > > So what do I have to do prevent Xorg from stealing all of my memory? > > > > Also posted to Ubuntu Forums: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397093 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > xorg mailing list > > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org <mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org> > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg