X memory usage?

[Kevin DeKorte]

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dragoran wrote:
> Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> Any idea why X is using so much RAM on Rawhide?
> 
> I have Composite Enabled and I am using compiz as the Window Manager.
> That just seems like a lot of memory.
> 
> Apps I have running
> gaim, firefox, thunderbird and anjuta
> 
> 
> - From top
> 
>  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
>  2285 root      15   0  546m 120m  11m S  6.6 12.1  11:27.51 Xorg
> 
> 
>   
>> does this happen with compoiste off ? you will need to test with an
>> other window manager ....
>> also try yum install xrestop
>> and use xrestop to get more infos.

Restarting the machine and loading the same working set and just using
metacity (composite still enabled) the VIRT RAM usuge is still high.
I'll try later with composite disabled.


  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
 2297 root      15   0  441m  43m  11m R  5.6  4.3   0:59.47 Xorg


Kevin

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