X memory leak with desktop effects enabled.

O. Sinclair o.sinclair at gmail.com
Fri Jan 2 04:53:13 UTC 2015


On 01/01/2015 18:28, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
> <ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com <mailto:ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I am confirming this only occurs with kwin, I used compiz and it
>     didn't leak memory for 12 hours.  I tried replacing kwin with compiz
>     on a kde session (it worked, mostly), had some compatibility issues,
>     but I was able to use it for several hours.  I later tried "unity"
>     session with compiz and many effects enabled: it worked just fine too.  
> 
>     Today I tried to wipe-clean my .kde directory, and refrain from
>     changing any settings.  I am still observing and will update.
> 
> 
> It leaks memory, at a slower rate, but still X memory usage gets to over
> 2GB in less than 12 hours.
>  
I am not seeing this at all on my laptop with intel i5 cpu and intel
graphics






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