<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> I had this problem when using Ubuntu breezy (xorg growed to some 4xx Mb of my 1Gb total), but I upgraded to dapper today and look: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 4299 root 15 0 78016 48m 11m S 3.7 4.8 6:43.77 Xorg Only 48m! For me this is a factor 10 improvement. I also think I have a much more responsive desktop (Gnome, with Brushed theme). I must also congratulate Ubuntu (or Debian) for the nearly painless upgrade procedure. The only thing that is not working anymore is my sound-card. For some reason the proper module was not loaded after the upgrade reboot. After loading the module and editing /etc/modules, that was fixed. But the mixer settings are not read in at reboot, (or they fail) so I will have to fix that also. It appears there have been some changes in that area which have interfered with my setup. Happy ubunting, Indra Polak </BODY> </HTML>