Bug#457957: xserver-xorg: X server eats too much memory

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

reassign 457957 xserver-xorg-core
forcemerge 447526 457957
found 457957 2:1.4.1~git20071212-2
thank you


Stefanos Harhalakis wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+8
> Severity: important
>
>
> X server eats a *lot* of memory. Currently it has a VMsize of 3GB with
> RSS 1.5GB. ps output:
>
> USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
> root      6421  2.6 58.2 3083584 1210180 tty7  SLs+ 11:41   7:49
> /usr/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-NfXjOZ
>
> I believe that this is reproducable by openning firefox (or konqueror)
> and visiting google maps for some time.
>   


You should look at xrestop to find out who is allocating memory through 
the X server.

I am merging with another similar bug.

Brice