I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 on x86_64 with Compiz effects turned on. No apps are running, but according to top, X was using 733MB:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1461 root 20 0 1145m 733m 8716 S 0 36.6 16:05.56 Xorg xrestop shows programs taking nowhere near a gig: xrestop - Display: :0.0 Monitoring 37 clients. XErrors: 0 Pixmaps: 23907K total, Other: 93K total, All: 24000K total res-base Wins GCs Fnts Pxms Misc Pxm mem Other Total PID Identifier 1000000 4 3 0 17 179 9000K 4K 9004K 2977 gnome-settings-daemon 1800000 45 2 1 22 796 7124K 20K 7145K ? compiz 1c00000 17 46 1 31 764 2420K 20K 2440K 3070 x-nautilus-desktop 0000000 3 0 2 0 76 2250K 3K 2253K ? <unknown> 5200000 0 0 0 1 0 2250K 0B 2250K ? <unknown> 1e00000 28 65 1 26 72 753K 4K 758K 3127 gtk-window-decorator 4400000 5 66 1 20 67 64K 4K 68K 3244 ~ 1a00000 43 67 0 21 98 20K 4K 25K 3069 Bottom Expanded Edge Panel 3800000 4 39 0 10 16 15K 1K 16K 3141 System Monitor 3600000 5 62 0 10 43 9K 2K 11K 3085 Do 5000000 1 1 0 0 229 0B 5K 5K ? <unknown> 3200000 2 1 0 1 217 4B 5K 5K 3091 Tracker 2800000 6 64 0 9 29 15B 2K 2K 3100 gnome-volume-control-applet 2600000 6 56 0 2 20 8B 1K 1K 3092 gnome-screensaver 2400000 6 32 0 2 26 8B 1K 1K 3096 gnome-power-manager 3a00000 4 33 0 2 13 5B 1K 1K 3143 Weather Report 2200000 4 32 0 2 12 8B 1K 1K 3080 NetworkManager Applet 3400000 4 33 0 1 10 4B 1K 1K 3115 Trash Applet 0200000 0 1 1 0 0 0B 1K 1K ? <unknown> Once I log out and back in, the consumption drops back down. Somehow, over time, consumption manages to go back up. I'm not sure if it's a gradual leak or a sudden step. Below's my xorg.conf. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" DefaultDepth 24 EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection -- Yang Zhang http://yz.mit.edu/ _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg