<div dir="ltr">hope im not killing anyone with this question<div><br></div><div>i have linux mint 16 installed x86_64.</div><div><br></div><div>ATI card on a thinkpad edge laptop.</div><div><br></div><div>the longer im on it the more memory xorg chews.. </div>
<div><br></div><div>it starts to swap.. im not sure what debugging, if any, I can do.</div><div><br></div><div>i used linux-amd-catalyst-14.6-beta-v1.0-may23.zip from the ATI site because the default drivers dont work with my graphics card</div>
<div><br></div><div>here is some info on my laptop and I attached a screenshot of the system-monitor</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>ubuntu-drivers list</b></div><div>fglrx</div><div>fglrx-updates</div></div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div><div><b>lspci</b></div><div>00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex</div><div>00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8450G]</div>
<div>00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller</div><div>00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port</div><div>00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port</div>
<div>00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port</div><div>00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09)</div><div>00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09)</div>
<div>00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)</div><div>00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)</div><div>00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)</div>
<div>00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)</div><div>00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)</div><div>00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 16)</div>
<div>00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)</div><div>00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)</div><div>00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)</div>
<div>00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0</div><div>00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1</div>
<div>00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2</div><div>00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3</div>
<div>00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4</div><div>00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5</div>
<div>01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07)</div><div>02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)</div>
<div>03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8450G] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])</div>
<div> Subsystem: Lenovo Device 510a</div><div> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50</div><div> Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]</div><div> I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]</div>
<div> Memory at f0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]</div><div> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]</div><div> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3</div><div> Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00</div>
<div> Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+</div><div> Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?></div><div> Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci</div>
<div><br></div><div>00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller</div><div> Subsystem: Lenovo Device 510a</div><div> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49</div>
<div> Memory at f0344000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]</div><div> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3</div><div> Capabilities: [58] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00</div>
<div> Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+</div><div> Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?></div><div> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>ThinkPad-Edge-E545 ~ # lshw -c display</b></div><div> *-display </div><div> description: VGA compatible controller</div><div> product: Richland [Radeon HD 8450G]</div>
<div> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]</div><div> physical id: 1</div><div> bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0</div><div> version: 00</div><div> width: 32 bits</div><div> clock: 33MHz</div>
<div> capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom</div><div> configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0</div><div> resources: irq:50 memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f0300000-f033ffff</div>
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