Bug 25101

Summary: X-Server from X.Org 7.5 becomes very sluggish (and uses *a lot* of RAM) after some time
Product: xorg Reporter: Panagiotis Papadopoulos <pano_90>
Component: Server/GeneralAssignee: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: pano_90
Version: 7.5 (2009.10)   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description Panagiotis Papadopoulos 2009-11-15 10:19:04 UTC 
As the bug title says:
X-Server from X.Org 7.5 becomes very sluggish (and uses *a lot* of RAM) after some time.
Right now, after an uptime of 18 hours, top reports the following:

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
 1359 root      20   0 1244m 759m  90m R   26 37.7 284:13.09 X

the KDE system monitor says:

Memory
669 MB
Shared memory
91.8 MB

I know that such numbers are not accurate, but the fact that my whole Desktop feels very sluggish (opening up a minimized window takes almost 10 seconds), tells me that there is something wrong.

I'm using the latest X.Org (7.5) with an Intel GM965, Linux 2.6.31 with KMS enabled, xf86-video-intel 2.9.1, mesa 7.6 on Arch Linux.

I also got KDE Desktop effects (compositing) enabled although I only use very few effects. Compositing type is set to OpenGL, and OpenGL mode to "Texture from pixmap".

I can reproduce the high mem usage and the sluggishness, by simply using my KDE (build from KDE svn trunk) for a couple of hours.

If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.

Thank you
Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 18:43:38 UTC 
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not obviously still valid. Please file a new report if you continue to experience issues with a current server.

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