Re: Xorg high memory usage

[Veljko <veljko3@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 11:49:19PM +0200, Veljko wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 12:09:05PM +0200, Veljko wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I don't know if this is bug, but when I visit some thumblr blogs that have
> > endless scrolling (like google images search), it is expected that Iceweasel
> > eats lots of RAM (here are lots of pictures), but Xorg RAM usage is even
> > bigger. More I scroll, more of RAM gets used by Iceweasel and Xorg.
> > 
> > Currently Xorg takes 36% and Iceweasel takes 34% of RAM (I have 2GB). I'm
> > using Wheezy. I'm dual booting with Slackware 14 (3.2.29 kernel) and there is
> > no such issue, only FIrefox takes lots of RAM and X is always on 4-5%.
> > 
> > Both installation uses i3wm. Only difference is Debian uses GDM and Slackware
> > uses KDM. 
> > 
> > Any idea what could be the problem?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Veljko
> >
> 
> To update this question. I tried without GDM, just with startx, same
> situation. Then I tried Chromium and Xorg stayed at 5%. So, it seams it's only
> related to Iceweasel. To check if it has something to do with Debian's changed
> version, I downloaded Firefox binary from mozilla.org, but even with this
> version Xorg still eats RAM. 
> 
> If someone wants to confirm, try with page like this:
> http://monk3y.tumblr.com/
> 
> Scroll down and check memory usage.

This is really weird as both Debian and Slackware use same xorg:

dpkg -l |grep xserver-xorg-core
ii  xserver-xorg-core                     2:1.12.4-6                         amd64        Xorg X server - core server


ls /var/log/packages/ |grep xorg-server
xorg-server-1.12.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0


Nobody has any idea what could be the problem? Should I file a bug? Would that
be bug for Xorg or Iceweasel?