Xorg memory leakage?

[Peter Harris]

Stefano Avallone wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using xorg packages from experimental (xserver 1.5.99.901, libdrm 2.4.3, 
> mesa 7.3-rc3, video-intel 2.6.1) and kde 4.2 (from experimental as well).
> I am using UXA+DRI2 and kwin with composite effects enabled.
> I am able to suspend and resume without problems.
> 
> However, I noticed that the memory usage of Xorg slowly increases. After a 
> couple of days of usage (with suspend and resume), top shows that the memory 
> usage of Xorg is around 30% (I have 2GB RAM). At some point, the laptop 
> becomes very slow, kwin automatically disables effects and I need to restart 
> the server.
> 
> Any advice how I could better debug this issue and provide useful information? 

Start with xrestop. It will give you a good idea of which apps are
really responsible for the memory usage of Xorg.

If xrestop comes up empty, then we can take a closer look at the X
server itself.

Peter Harris
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