I am also experiencing this issue, running Vivid on an amd64, using the nvidia 340.76 drivers which are not as recent as the 346 drivers but are the recommended drivers for my card:
~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:03:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000400sv00001682sd00002280bc03sc00i00 manual_install: True vendor : NVIDIA Corporation model : G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free recommended driver : nvidia-304 - distro non-free driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin driver : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free driver : nvidia-340-updates - distro non-free -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1409110 Title: nvidia binary driver leaks vram like crazy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1409110/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
