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Marcus On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Clemens Eisserer <[email protected]>wrote: > What does xrestop report when you see Xorg consuming such large > amounts of memory? > > - Clemens > > 2010/2/3 Marcus Rademacher <[email protected]>: > > I'm having an issue with Xorg using a ton of memory. To start off, here > are > > the machine specs: > > > > Dell Precision M4400 > > 4 GB of RAM > > Dedicated video card with onboard video RAM > > Running Ubuntu 9.10 x64 > > Not using Compiz or any special display effects. > > > > Results of "X -version": > > X.Org X Server 1.6.4 > > Release Date: 2009-9-27 > > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server x86_64 Ubuntu > > Current Operating System: Linux marcus-laptop 2.6.31-17-generic > #54-Ubuntu > > SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 > > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic > > root=UUID=dc474f24-3833-4896-bd3e-0a209d66a767 ro vga=799 quiet splash > > Build Date: 14 November 2009 05:48:57PM > > xorg-server 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1 (buildd@) > > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > > to make sure that you have the latest version. > > > > I'm using this machine for thesis research, and that involves running > some > > niche software and some of my own code. The crux is that many folders and > > files are created and deleted over the course of 30 seconds. These runs > take > > several days to complete. > > > > The problem is that if I start out with a fresh log in Xorg starts at > about > > 30 MiB in use. After letting my program run overnight, Xorg is typically > > using several GiB of memory, pushing the amount in use up about 95%. > > Normally I can do regular web browsing while my program runs, but when > the > > memory usage is that high the whole machine is unusable, and my research > > program slows a lot. > > > > So what I'm actually running is a bash script that calls a commercial > > optimization code (HEEDS) several times in sequence, which in turn calls > > Matlab and some very small C programs of mine many times as well. So no > > instance of my code or HEEDS is running the entire length of time, since > > they end and new instances begin many times. That fact, and that I've run > > this same thing on other Linux platforms and Windows without issue makes > me > > think that this is unrelated to the code I'm running. Perhaps it's > > exacerbated by the many folders and files that are created over the > course > > of the program's run. > > > > So what do I have to do prevent Xorg from stealing all of my memory? > > > > Also posted to Ubuntu Forums: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1397093 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > xorg mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > >
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