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Phenax l33t
Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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You might want to culprit one of the patches... I don't think it is X.org, but a patch or addon/extensions to it rather |
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devsk Advocate
Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 3003 Location: Bay Area, CA
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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funny thing is that there are no patches for xorg-server 1.2 that are applied during emerge. |
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devsk Advocate
Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 3003 Location: Bay Area, CA
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: |
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slithy wrote: | devsk wrote: | has anybody found a fix yet? |
I've downgraded to xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 as a temporary solution. | did you build anything else after downgrading? |
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slithy Guru
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 321 Location: Kansas
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:42 am Post subject: |
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devsk wrote: | slithy wrote: | devsk wrote: | has anybody found a fix yet? |
I've downgraded to xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 as a temporary solution. | did you build anything else after downgrading? |
Nope, I backed up the 7.2 binary with Code: | quickpkg xorg-server |
Then I downgraded with Code: | emerge -av =xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 | and then Code: | /etc/init.d/xdm restart |
X (7.1.1) memory usage:
Code: | PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
14916 root 15 0 127m 49m 5676 S 1 4.9 6:41.37 X |
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jcat Veteran
Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 1337
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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No solutions, but some more info and another name to add to the list of people seeing this, I currently have about 34% usage, about 350Mg currently just running the GDM login screen:
Code: | USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 7890 0.2 34.2 366192 354100 tty7 SLs+ Feb14 7:38 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 |
But interestingly, I have another Xserver running on the same computer that has more normal memory usage (Xtv is sym linked to X for easier process tracking):
Code: | USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 15431 0.1 2.4 34744 25664 ? SLs Feb14 3:12 Xtv :2 -layout TV -ac -ignoreABI -novtswitch -sharevts vt9 |
They are both using Nvidia graphics cards, one is AGP one is PCI.
Cheers,
jcat |
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slithy Guru
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 321 Location: Kansas
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:47 am Post subject: |
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jcat wrote: | No solutions, but some more info and another name to add to the list of people seeing this, I currently have about 34% usage, about 350Mg currently just running the GDM login screen:
Code: | USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 7890 0.2 34.2 366192 354100 tty7 SLs+ Feb14 7:38 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 |
But interestingly, I have another Xserver running on the same computer that has more normal memory usage (Xtv is sym linked to X for easier process tracking):
Code: | USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 15431 0.1 2.4 34744 25664 ? SLs Feb14 3:12 Xtv :2 -layout TV -ac -ignoreABI -novtswitch -sharevts vt9 |
They are both using Nvidia graphics cards, one is AGP one is PCI.
Cheers,
jcat |
I can confirm that. I don't know what is the cause of the problem, but there's two X servers running on the same computer, both with nvidia binary drivers. The first one if running KDE-3.5.6 the second one just openbox: Code: |
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
9130 root 0 0 126m 96m 5872 S 1 9.5 1:01.21 X
8953 root 0 0 21500 12m 4076 S 0 1.2 2:03.25 X
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: |
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slithy wrote: | devsk wrote: | has anybody found a fix yet? |
I've downgraded to xorg-server-1.1.1-r4 as a temporary solution. |
Can somebody else prove that downgrading just xorg-server but nothing else solves the problem? |
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AaronPPC Guru
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 522 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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I can confirm that. _________________ --Aaron |
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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AaronPPC wrote: | I can confirm that. |
Thanx. I donwgraded xorg and I'll post my observations later. |
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jcat Veteran
Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 1337
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm, new server revision in portage today
Code: | x11-base/xorg-server-1.2.0-r1 |
I'm compiling now, I'll report back later.
Cheers,
jcat |
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: |
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jcat wrote: | Hmmm, new server revision in portage today
Code: | x11-base/xorg-server-1.2.0-r1 |
I'm compiling now, I'll report back later.
Cheers,
jcat |
According changelog there's nothing about fixing the memory leak... please keep us informed. |
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johoe Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 92
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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X consuming up to 200MB memory in a few hours here. after some hours idle time, X is freezed and needs 1 minute or so to come to life again.
no changes with xserver-1.2.0-r1 (emerged it this night).
downgarding to version 1.1.1-r4 solves this problems on my machine too.
also using nvidia graphic card.
regards,
johoe |
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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johoe wrote: | X consuming up to 200MB memory in a few hours here. after some hours idle time, X is freezed and needs 1 minute or so to come to life again.
no changes with xserver-1.2.0-r1 (emerged it this night).
downgarding to version 1.1.1-r4 solves this problems on my machine too.
also using nvidia graphic card.
regards,
johoe |
The same story here.... back to 1.1.1-r4 |
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adekoba Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 129
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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johoe wrote: | X consuming up to 200MB memory in a few hours here. after some hours idle time, X is freezed and needs 1 minute or so to come to life again.
no changes with xserver-1.2.0-r1 (emerged it this night).
downgarding to version 1.1.1-r4 solves this problems on my machine too.
also using nvidia graphic card.
regards,
johoe |
same.
this kind of sucks. _________________ website |
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slithy Guru
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 321 Location: Kansas
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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dark_speedo wrote: | johoe wrote: | X consuming up to 200MB memory in a few hours here. after some hours idle time, X is freezed and needs 1 minute or so to come to life again.
no changes with xserver-1.2.0-r1 (emerged it this night).
downgarding to version 1.1.1-r4 solves this problems on my machine too.
also using nvidia graphic card.
regards,
johoe |
same.
this kind of sucks. |
What does xorg 7.2 provide that 7.1.1 doesn't? I'd rather have an X server that I don't have to restart all the damn time. |
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johoe Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 92
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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has anyone here tried the xf86-video-nv driver to see if really the nvidia-driver is causing this mess?
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:47 am Post subject: |
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johoe wrote: | has anyone here tried the xf86-video-nv driver to see if really the nvidia-driver is causing this mess?
johoe |
If downgrading xorg-server solves the problem, why do you think it's nvidia related? |
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johoe Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 92
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Just an intention, because most of the posters have this problem with nvidia cards.
Is somebody here with this memory leak having no nvidia card?
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jcat Veteran
Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 1337
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Confirmed bug is still active in 1.2.0-r1
I agree with Johoe that it could be an nvidia related issue, just because downgrading xorg-server fixes the issue doesn't mean that it's not an xserver nvidia driver interaction issue, don't forget the ABI mismatch issue after the 7.0 to 7.1 upgrade.
Cheers,
jcat |
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johoe Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 92
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, this night I booted my machine with the kernel boot options "acpi=off noacpi"
This seems to help a lot. Sytem up now for 15 hours, with a few hours idle time. Otherwise heavy load: openoffice, evolution, firefox, thunderbird, amarok etc...
Code: | 7453 root 15 0 151m 79m 10m S 2.0 5.3 9:20.08 X |
This is almost the same amount of memory xorg-server 1.1.1 is consuming after some hours uptime.
regards,
johoe
Currently using:
kernel 2.6.20 (gentoo-sources)
xorg-server 1.2.0-r1
gnome 2.16.3
nvidia-drivers 1.0.9746 |
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slithy Guru
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 321 Location: Kansas
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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So I did find a thread over at on the ubuntu forums about people testing xorg-7.2 even though it isn't in the ubuntu repos. I had a confirmation of a user having xorg-7.2 taking up over a 1GB of memory. He was using the i810 drivers and a G965 chip.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2190692 |
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VoVaN l33t
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 688 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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slithy wrote: | So I did find a thread over at on the ubuntu forums about people testing xorg-7.2 even though it isn't in the ubuntu repos. I had a confirmation of a user having xorg-7.2 taking up over a 1GB of memory. He was using the i810 drivers and a G965 chip.
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2190692 |
Too bad.... |
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Kovid Apprentice
Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 217 Location: California, USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Im running xorg 7.2 on an nvidia 7300 GT with 1.0.9746 and beryl and my memory usage is stable at ~200M over extended periods. That is the same memory usage i was seeing with fglrx on an X300 w/o beryl. So I doubt this is an nvidia specific problem. |
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BorgDrone2 Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 107
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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I have 4 machines, all with Xorg 7.2
All run at least 1 kde session
kernel 2.6.16.36
2 have nvidia cards: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9631
one uses the i915 driver
one is a headless VNC machine running 2 kde sessions
I'm not seeing any memory leak on any of these machines.
So, this suggests that there is some other factor that triggers the leak. |
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