I have exactly the same problem: # uname -a Linux awe 3.19.0-30-generic #33~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 22 09:27:00 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# uptime 18:14:25 up 3 days, 5:10, 5 users, load average: 0.44, 1.66, 3.07 # cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS" # ps aux|grep /X root 8509 9.8 27.3 4607200 4248288 tty7 Ss+ Oct01 140:38 /usr/bin/X -core :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch # fglrxinfo display: :0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7560D OpenGL version string: 4.4.13374 Compatibility Profile Context 15.20.1013 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354350 Title: Xorg memory leak on 14.04 Status in fglrx: New Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Same kind of issue as : "Xorg memory leak on trusty" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/1272338 After browsing a lot (Firefox 31, Opera 12), after more than 10 hours Xorg uses over 1 GB (some times up to 2 GB). I have 8 GB RAM. It seems to me that the system monitor increase the memory leak. I'm on Linux Mint 17 (64 bits Cinnamon). APU AMD Athlon 5350 (+ driver AMD Catalyst 14.4). top - 12:44:32 up 19:08, 2 users, load average: 1,04, 1,21, 1,30 Tasks: 178 total, 1 running, 177 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 22,2 us, 3,7 sy, 0,0 ni, 73,3 id, 0,6 wa, 0,2 hi, 0,0 si, 0,0 st KiB Mem: 7528392 total, 7139440 used, 388952 free, 368300 buffers KiB Swap: 9963572 total, 252560 used, 9711012 free. 1592828 cached Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 4646 batman 20 0 2720,8m 212,7m 6,5m S 35,4 2,9 354:46.81 java 1447 root 20 0 3757,3m 3,305g 140,1m S 24,2 46,0 221:35.96 Xorg 4534 batman 20 0 520,9m 23,2m 9,7m S 9,9 0,3 96:48.76 gnome-system-mo 3460 batman 20 0 605,9m 16,2m 7,4m S 6,3 0,2 2:50.10 gnome-terminal 2897 batman 20 0 1827,5m 186,4m 43,1m S 5,6 2,5 66:31.93 cinnamon My current system is: X.Org X Server 1.15.1 Release Date: 2014-04-13 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic x86_64 Ubuntu lsb_release -rd Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana Release: 17 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/1354350/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
