Re: Xorg high memory usage
On 05/27/2013 11:57 AM, Veljko wrote:
> 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?
>
wtopa@dj:~$ apt-listbugs list iceweasel
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
serious bugs of iceweasel (-> ) <marked as done in some version>
#696041 - ia64 (Itanium) Mozilla JS engine needs pointers have their
high 17 bits cleared (Fixed: iceweasel/10.0.12esr-1+nmu1)
#705067 - FTBFS on powerpc: Missing WebRTC entries in configure.ac
(Fixed: 21.0-1)
#692053 - [ia64] Iceweasel 10.0 (and above?) randomly stops responding,
eating 100% CPU (Fixed: iceweasel/10.0.12esr-1+nmu1)
grave bugs of iceweasel (-> ) <unfixed>
#709841 - iceweasel: spurious out of memory + crash (segmentation fault)
#703472 - iceweasel freezes on some site due to bad handling of mailcap
file
#703071 - CVE-2011-1187, CVE-2012-0475,
CVE-2013-{0773,0775,0776,0780,0782,0783} (Fixed: iceweasel/19.0-1)
#704019 - iceweasel: Iceweasel Crashes upon loading pages using JavaScript
#674908 - [sparc] iceweasel: JavaScript crash on some sites
serious bugs of iceweasel (-> ) <unfixed>
#708765 - iceweasel: FTBFS with gawk
Summary:
iceweasel(9 bugs)
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