Bug#599769: xorg: the xorg server consumes ram without freeing it whilst using a 3d application

[Andreas Beckmann]

On Monday, 11. October 2010 02:09:25 macarthur wrote:
> Xorg continually uses ram after a 3d application it raises consistently
> whilst using itself. It starts at 20MB and then as it continually is
> used.
> It keeps going up until the application is closed. Then it stays there
> until another 3d application is ran and it goes up once more. The ram
> is never released whilst the system is on. This bug came about two
> maybe three
> days ago i believe when there was a few hundred MBs of patches that
> came down.
>
> It never releases said memory no matter how long it's been on after the
> item came about.

Please try 260.19.21-1 which is now available in experimental. 


Andreas