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tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

Maybe its not so typical,if you think that in other guys with
almost same setup like yours(2 panels and 2-3 plasmoids)
the X consumes about 60-100MB (from a greek linux subforum).
But hey,at least your setup is not leaking!!
I was using 185.18 and now I went back to 180.51 for a try.

We have almost the same xorg.conf(I'm using hotplugging).

Last edited by tas0s (2009-05-10 20:28:22)

tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

I asked in the #kde channel on IRC about my problem.
It seems that the problem propably is in the nvidia driver.Because
when I turned off the kwin-effects,xorg's memory consuption went back to normal.

tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

I was wrong again.The problem may not be in nvidia driver.
Because the memory "leak" started again.
I also tried with the nv driver(not nvidia).Same
memory consuption again.
In #kde they answered me that maybe something to do with Xorg not releasing pixmaps.
If this is the cause,what I can do?Any ideas?
Is there any xorg forum or something to post for help?

tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

I switched to kde-svn again,just to see if it would change anything
and guess what happened!
Everything runs smooooooth and with no huge xorg memory usage
Now xorg is steady at ~63MB!!
I love kde!:)

Thank you all for your help

Last edited by tas0s (2009-05-15 08:49:15)

shagrath

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 15

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

tas0s, did you tried a new beta of kde4.3?
I think it is more stable than svn. you can compile it with PKGBUILD's in abs by changing version and source URL.

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tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

No I haven't.Unfortunately I'm not so familiar with ABS..
If you can provide me a link for kde+ABS,I would be thankfull(I dont know if is the right expression/word,if not,sorry )!
Now I am using kde-svn packages from markc (he has a thread in this section).
So far everything runs fine  with no crashes.

tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

WOW!!
I searched in arch wiki for ABS etc.
It has step by step guides,how-tos etc.
But its a bit of trouble:P

shagrath

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Registered: 2008-12-23

Posts: 15

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

tas0s, so you can try beta provided by chakra project and their kdemod.
there is information about installing packages from unstable repo http://kdemod.ath.cx/wiki/index.php/Install_Unstable
the 4.2.85 version actually is the beta version.

ps. you can read about abs in arch wiki. it is quite easy and useful thing.

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foolosophy

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Registered: 2009-04-17

Posts: 48

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

by the way my X in that moment takes 26 mb. that problem appears when I'm trying to launch ~100 applications and then close them. fortunately, I don't need to do that.

Is that normal? My X (using KDEmod 4.2.3) usually takes up 350-380MB. I use the Nvidia drivers. Could that be it?

tas0s

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Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 30

Re: kde4.2+xorg 1.6,memory problem

foolosophy do be honest,I dont know
Take as example my desktop:
KDE 4.3 (svn),latest nvidia beta,kwin effects enabled ,3-4 plasmoids on desktop and running apps: amarok,kmess,ktorrent,kmail,yakuake,firefox,conky.
My X takes 65MB right now.

Other guys said to me that  Xorg in their systems takes 100-120MB.So,I have no idea what is the right memory consuption.

Last edited by tas0s (2009-05-27 19:38:30)