Xorg - linx mint cinnamon using a lot of memory

[John Tone]

I see..
I started it up last night under KDE to see if it does the same thing..

ill check when I get home..

XFCE also doesnt work... it lets me log in but the windows are fixed.,., i
cant maximize them or move them.




On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:12 AM, Hans Mackowiak <hanmac at gmx.de> wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, den 12.06.2014, 23:38 -0400 schrieb John Tone:
> > hope im not killing anyone with this question
> >
> >
> > i have linux mint 16 installed x86_64.
> > ATI card on a thinkpad edge laptop.
> > the longer im on it the more memory xorg chews..
> > it starts to swap..  im not sure what debugging, if any, I can do.
> > i used linux-amd-catalyst-14.6-beta-v1.0-may23.zip from the ATI site
> > because the default drivers dont work with my graphics card
>
> i reported that problem already there
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2014-May/056636.html
> but i didnt found a way to fix it yet.
> but i noticed that it does happen with Gnome-classic and Gnome3 too,
> but not in the same speed than with cinnamon. (currently 7,4GB)
>
> i use the fglrx-updates driver.
>
>
> (i currently use the [Radeon HD 7660D] one as far as my system says)
> lshw -c display
>   *-display
>        description: VGA compatible controller
>        product: Trinity [Radeon HD 7660D]
>        vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
>        physical id: 1
>        bus info: pci at 0000:00:01.0
>        version: 00
>        width: 32 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master
> cap_list rom
>        configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
>        resources: irq:63 memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:f000(size=256)
> memory:feb00000-feb3ffff
>   *-display
>        description: VGA compatible controller
>        product: Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series]
>        vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
>        physical id: 0
>        bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
>        version: 00
>        width: 64 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master
> cap_list rom
>        configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
>        resources: irq:64 memory:c0000000-cfffffff
> memory:fea20000-fea3ffff ioport:e000(size=256) memory:fea00000-fea1ffff
>
>
> lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7660D]
> 00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity
> HDMI Audio Controller
> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port
> 00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI
> Controller (rev 03)
> 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA
> Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
> 00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI
> Controller (rev 11)
> 00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI
> Controller (rev 11)
> 00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI
> Controller (rev 11)
> 00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI
> Controller (rev 11)
> 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller
> (rev 14)
> 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia
> Controller (rev 01)
> 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge
> (rev 11)
> 00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge
> (rev 40)
> 00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI
> Controller (rev 11)
> 00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI
> bridge (PCIE port 0)
> 00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI
> bridge (PCIE port 1)
> 00:15.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI
> bridge (PCIE port 2)
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3
> 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4
> 00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h
> (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series]
> 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar HDMI
> Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300 Series]
> 04:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB
> Host Controller
> 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 09)
>
>
>
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