Xorg Memory Usage

[Craige]

In my searches, I came across this topic that indicated that high xorg memory usage isn't abnormal. However, if the 90MB that this user indicated is "high", then my memory usage is astronomical.
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I've been noticing that Xorg's memory usage seems to be sitting abnormally high. Currently, it is using 325MB of ram. This doesn't seem right to me.

As per the thread I found before, here is a pmap dump of my Xorg process:

1406:   /usr/bin/X :0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-574Sv7/database -nolisten tcp vt7
Address           Kbytes Mode  Offset           Device    Mapping
0000000000400000    1808 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 Xorg
00000000007c3000      12 r---- 00000000001c3000 008:00016 Xorg
00000000007c6000      64 rw--- 00000000001c6000 008:00016 Xorg
00000000007d6000      56 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
0000000001917000  280352 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f3873000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x18001 ]
00007f48f38d3000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x10000 ]
00007f48f3933000   32528 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f58f7000   16320 rw-s- 000000010186a000 000:00005 card0
00007f48f6cb7000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0xbe3809a ]
00007f48f6d17000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0xbe30035 ]
00007f48f7010000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x14c28090 ]
00007f48f7071000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x20002 ]
00007f48f70d1000    8104 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f78bb000      48 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libnss_files-2.12.1.so
00007f48f78c7000    2044 ----- 000000000000c000 008:00011 libnss_files-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7ac6000       4 r---- 000000000000b000 008:00011 libnss_files-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7ac7000       4 rw--- 000000000000c000 008:00011 libnss_files-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7ac8000      40 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libnss_nis-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7ad2000    2044 ----- 000000000000a000 008:00011 libnss_nis-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7cd1000       4 r---- 0000000000009000 008:00011 libnss_nis-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7cd2000       4 rw--- 000000000000a000 008:00011 libnss_nis-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7cd3000      92 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libnsl-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7cea000    2044 ----- 0000000000017000 008:00011 libnsl-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7ee9000       4 r---- 0000000000016000 008:00011 libnsl-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7eea000       4 rw--- 0000000000017000 008:00011 libnsl-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7eeb000       8 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f7eed000      32 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libnss_compat-2.12.1.so
00007f48f7ef5000    2044 ----- 0000000000008000 008:00011 libnss_compat-2.12.1.so
00007f48f80f4000       4 r---- 0000000000007000 008:00011 libnss_compat-2.12.1.so
00007f48f80f5000       4 rw--- 0000000000008000 008:00011 libnss_compat-2.12.1.so
00007f48f80f6000    2580 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f837b000      12 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libmtdev.so.1.0.0
00007f48f837e000    2044 ----- 0000000000003000 008:00016 libmtdev.so.1.0.0
00007f48f857d000       4 r---- 0000000000002000 008:00016 libmtdev.so.1.0.0
00007f48f857e000       4 rw--- 0000000000003000 008:00016 libmtdev.so.1.0.0
00007f48f857f000      28 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libutouch-grail.so.1.0.0
00007f48f8586000    2044 ----- 0000000000007000 008:00016 libutouch-grail.so.1.0.0
00007f48f8785000       4 r---- 0000000000006000 008:00016 libutouch-grail.so.1.0.0
00007f48f8786000       4 rw--- 0000000000007000 008:00016 libutouch-grail.so.1.0.0
00007f48f8787000      40 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 evdev_drv.so
00007f48f8791000    2044 ----- 000000000000a000 008:00016 evdev_drv.so
00007f48f8990000       4 r---- 0000000000009000 008:00016 evdev_drv.so
00007f48f8991000       4 rw--- 000000000000a000 008:00016 evdev_drv.so
00007f48f8992000     928 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libstdc++.so.6.0.14
00007f48f8a7a000    2044 ----- 00000000000e8000 008:00016 libstdc++.so.6.0.14
00007f48f8c79000      32 r---- 00000000000e7000 008:00016 libstdc++.so.6.0.14
00007f48f8c81000       8 rw--- 00000000000ef000 008:00016 libstdc++.so.6.0.14
00007f48f8c83000      84 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f8c98000      36 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libtalloc.so.2.0.1
00007f48f8ca1000    2044 ----- 0000000000009000 008:00016 libtalloc.so.2.0.1
00007f48f8ea0000       4 r---- 0000000000008000 008:00016 libtalloc.so.2.0.1
00007f48f8ea1000       4 rw--- 0000000000009000 008:00016 libtalloc.so.2.0.1
00007f48f8ea2000     152 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libexpat.so.1.5.2
00007f48f8ec8000    2048 ----- 0000000000026000 008:00011 libexpat.so.1.5.2
00007f48f90c8000       8 r---- 0000000000026000 008:00011 libexpat.so.1.5.2
00007f48f90ca000       4 rw--- 0000000000028000 008:00011 libexpat.so.1.5.2
00007f48f90cb000    2876 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 swrast_dri.so
00007f48f939a000    2044 ----- 00000000002cf000 008:00016 swrast_dri.so
00007f48f9599000      64 r---- 00000000002ce000 008:00016 swrast_dri.so
00007f48f95a9000      12 rw--- 00000000002de000 008:00016 swrast_dri.so
00007f48f95ac000      72 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48f95be000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x14c0808b ]
00007f48f9621000     144 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x360d8015 ]
00007f48f9ec5000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3bf1801f ]
00007f48fa2c8000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3bef001b ]
00007f48fa328000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3bee801a ]
00007f48fa388000      12 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3bee0019 ]
00007f48fa38b000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3bed8018 ]
00007f48fa3eb000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3bea000e ]
00007f48fa44b000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x38b1000d ]
00007f48fa4ab000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3659000c ]
00007f48fa50b000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3646800b ]
00007f48fa56b000     144 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x288013 ]
00007f48fa58f000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x58009 ]
00007f48fa5ef000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x50008 ]
00007f48fa64f000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x48007 ]
00007f48fa6af000      24 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libshadow.so
00007f48fa6b5000    2044 ----- 0000000000006000 008:00016 libshadow.so
00007f48fa8b4000       4 r---- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libshadow.so
00007f48fa8b5000       4 rw--- 0000000000006000 008:00016 libshadow.so
00007f48fa8b6000     132 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libfb.so
00007f48fa8d7000    2048 ----- 0000000000021000 008:00016 libfb.so
00007f48faad7000       4 r---- 0000000000021000 008:00016 libfb.so
00007f48faad8000       4 rw--- 0000000000022000 008:00016 libfb.so
00007f48faad9000      16 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libfbdevhw.so
00007f48faadd000    2044 ----- 0000000000004000 008:00016 libfbdevhw.so
00007f48facdc000       4 r---- 0000000000003000 008:00016 libfbdevhw.so
00007f48facdd000       4 rw--- 0000000000004000 008:00016 libfbdevhw.so
00007f48facde000      20 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 fbdev_drv.so
00007f48face3000    2044 ----- 0000000000005000 008:00016 fbdev_drv.so
00007f48faee2000       4 r---- 0000000000004000 008:00016 fbdev_drv.so
00007f48faee3000       4 rw--- 0000000000005000 008:00016 fbdev_drv.so
00007f48faee4000      24 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 vesa_drv.so
00007f48faeea000    2044 ----- 0000000000006000 008:00016 vesa_drv.so
00007f48fb0e9000       4 r---- 0000000000005000 008:00016 vesa_drv.so
00007f48fb0ea000       4 rw--- 0000000000006000 008:00016 vesa_drv.so
00007f48fb0eb000      20 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libdrm_radeon.so.1.0.0
00007f48fb0f0000    2044 ----- 0000000000005000 008:00011 libdrm_radeon.so.1.0.0
00007f48fb2ef000       4 r---- 0000000000004000 008:00011 libdrm_radeon.so.1.0.0
00007f48fb2f0000       4 rw--- 0000000000005000 008:00011 libdrm_radeon.so.1.0.0
00007f48fb2f1000     984 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 radeon_drv.so
00007f48fb3e7000    2048 ----- 00000000000f6000 008:00016 radeon_drv.so
00007f48fb5e7000       8 r---- 00000000000f6000 008:00016 radeon_drv.so
00007f48fb5e9000      64 rw--- 00000000000f8000 008:00016 radeon_drv.so
00007f48fb5f9000       4 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 ati_drv.so
00007f48fb5fa000    2048 ----- 0000000000001000 008:00016 ati_drv.so
00007f48fb7fa000       4 r---- 0000000000001000 008:00016 ati_drv.so
00007f48fb7fb000       4 rw--- 0000000000002000 008:00016 ati_drv.so
00007f48fb7fc000      20 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libdri2.so
00007f48fb801000    2044 ----- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libdri2.so
00007f48fba00000       4 r---- 0000000000004000 008:00016 libdri2.so
00007f48fba01000       4 rw--- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libdri2.so
00007f48fba02000      40 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libdrm.so.2.4.0
00007f48fba0c000    2044 ----- 000000000000a000 008:00011 libdrm.so.2.4.0
00007f48fbc0b000       4 r---- 0000000000009000 008:00011 libdrm.so.2.4.0
00007f48fbc0c000       4 rw--- 000000000000a000 008:00011 libdrm.so.2.4.0
00007f48fbc0d000      40 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libdri.so
00007f48fbc17000    2044 ----- 000000000000a000 008:00016 libdri.so
00007f48fbe16000       4 r---- 0000000000009000 008:00016 libdri.so
00007f48fbe17000       4 rw--- 000000000000a000 008:00016 libdri.so
00007f48fbe18000      28 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 librecord.so
00007f48fbe1f000    2044 ----- 0000000000007000 008:00016 librecord.so
00007f48fc01e000       4 r---- 0000000000006000 008:00016 librecord.so
00007f48fc01f000       4 rw--- 0000000000007000 008:00016 librecord.so
00007f48fc020000     388 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libglx.so
00007f48fc081000    2044 ----- 0000000000061000 008:00016 libglx.so
00007f48fc280000       4 r---- 0000000000060000 008:00016 libglx.so
00007f48fc281000      20 rw--- 0000000000061000 008:00016 libglx.so
00007f48fc286000      20 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libdbe.so
00007f48fc28b000    2044 ----- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libdbe.so
00007f48fc48a000       4 r---- 0000000000004000 008:00016 libdbe.so
00007f48fc48b000       4 rw--- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libdbe.so
00007f48fc48c000      96 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libextmod.so
00007f48fc4a4000    2048 ----- 0000000000018000 008:00016 libextmod.so
00007f48fc6a4000       4 r---- 0000000000018000 008:00016 libextmod.so
00007f48fc6a5000       4 rw--- 0000000000019000 008:00016 libextmod.so
00007f48fc6a6000      84 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libgcc_s.so.1
00007f48fc6bb000    2044 ----- 0000000000015000 008:00011 libgcc_s.so.1
00007f48fc8ba000       4 r---- 0000000000014000 008:00011 libgcc_s.so.1
00007f48fc8bb000       4 rw--- 0000000000015000 008:00011 libgcc_s.so.1
00007f48fc8bc000      24 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libfontenc.so.1.0.0
00007f48fc8c2000    2044 ----- 0000000000006000 008:00016 libfontenc.so.1.0.0
00007f48fcac1000       4 r---- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libfontenc.so.1.0.0
00007f48fcac2000       4 rw--- 0000000000006000 008:00016 libfontenc.so.1.0.0
00007f48fcac3000       4 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48fcac4000      60 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libbz2.so.1.0.4
00007f48fcad3000    2048 ----- 000000000000f000 008:00011 libbz2.so.1.0.4
00007f48fccd3000       4 r---- 000000000000f000 008:00011 libbz2.so.1.0.4
00007f48fccd4000       4 rw--- 0000000000010000 008:00011 libbz2.so.1.0.4
00007f48fccd5000     516 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libfreetype.so.6.6.0
00007f48fcd56000    2048 ----- 0000000000081000 008:00016 libfreetype.so.6.6.0
00007f48fcf56000      20 r---- 0000000000081000 008:00016 libfreetype.so.6.6.0
00007f48fcf5b000       4 rw--- 0000000000086000 008:00016 libfreetype.so.6.6.0
00007f48fcf5c000      88 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libz.so.1.2.3.4
00007f48fcf72000    2048 ----- 0000000000016000 008:00011 libz.so.1.2.3.4
00007f48fd172000       4 r---- 0000000000016000 008:00011 libz.so.1.2.3.4
00007f48fd173000       4 rw--- 0000000000017000 008:00011 libz.so.1.2.3.4
00007f48fd174000      12 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
00007f48fd177000    2044 ----- 0000000000003000 008:00011 libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
00007f48fd376000       4 r---- 0000000000002000 008:00011 libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
00007f48fd377000       4 rw--- 0000000000003000 008:00011 libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
00007f48fd378000    1512 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libc-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd4f2000    2044 ----- 000000000017a000 008:00011 libc-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd6f1000      16 r---- 0000000000179000 008:00011 libc-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd6f5000       4 rw--- 000000000017d000 008:00011 libc-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd6f6000      20 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48fd6fb000      28 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 librt-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd702000    2044 ----- 0000000000007000 008:00011 librt-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd901000       4 r---- 0000000000006000 008:00011 librt-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd902000       4 rw--- 0000000000007000 008:00011 librt-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd903000     520 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libm-2.12.1.so
00007f48fd985000    2044 ----- 0000000000082000 008:00011 libm-2.12.1.so
00007f48fdb84000       4 r---- 0000000000081000 008:00011 libm-2.12.1.so
00007f48fdb85000       4 rw--- 0000000000082000 008:00011 libm-2.12.1.so
00007f48fdb86000      20 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdb8b000    2044 ----- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdd8a000       4 r---- 0000000000004000 008:00016 libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdd8b000       4 rw--- 0000000000005000 008:00016 libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdd8c000       8 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libXau.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdd8e000    2044 ----- 0000000000002000 008:00016 libXau.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdf8d000       4 r---- 0000000000001000 008:00016 libXau.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdf8e000       4 rw--- 0000000000002000 008:00016 libXau.so.6.0.0
00007f48fdf8f000     236 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libXfont.so.1.4.1
00007f48fdfca000    2044 ----- 000000000003b000 008:00016 libXfont.so.1.4.1
00007f48fe1c9000       4 r---- 000000000003a000 008:00016 libXfont.so.1.4.1
00007f48fe1ca000       8 rw--- 000000000003b000 008:00016 libXfont.so.1.4.1
00007f48fe1cc000     364 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libpixman-1.so.0.18.4
00007f48fe227000    2044 ----- 000000000005b000 008:00016 libpixman-1.so.0.18.4
00007f48fe426000      16 r---- 000000000005a000 008:00016 libpixman-1.so.0.18.4
00007f48fe42a000       4 rw--- 000000000005e000 008:00016 libpixman-1.so.0.18.4
00007f48fe42b000      96 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libpthread-2.12.1.so
00007f48fe443000    2044 ----- 0000000000018000 008:00011 libpthread-2.12.1.so
00007f48fe642000       4 r---- 0000000000017000 008:00011 libpthread-2.12.1.so
00007f48fe643000       4 rw--- 0000000000018000 008:00011 libpthread-2.12.1.so
00007f48fe644000      16 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48fe648000      32 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00016 libpciaccess.so.0.10.8
00007f48fe650000    2044 ----- 0000000000008000 008:00016 libpciaccess.so.0.10.8
00007f48fe84f000       4 r---- 0000000000007000 008:00016 libpciaccess.so.0.10.8
00007f48fe850000       4 rw--- 0000000000008000 008:00016 libpciaccess.so.0.10.8
00007f48fe851000       8 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libdl-2.12.1.so
00007f48fe853000    2048 ----- 0000000000002000 008:00011 libdl-2.12.1.so
00007f48fea53000       4 r---- 0000000000002000 008:00011 libdl-2.12.1.so
00007f48fea54000       4 rw--- 0000000000003000 008:00011 libdl-2.12.1.so
00007f48fea55000     464 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libgcrypt.so.11.5.3
00007f48feac9000    2048 ----- 0000000000074000 008:00011 libgcrypt.so.11.5.3
00007f48fecc9000       4 r---- 0000000000074000 008:00011 libgcrypt.so.11.5.3
00007f48fecca000      12 rw--- 0000000000075000 008:00011 libgcrypt.so.11.5.3
00007f48feccd000      44 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 libudev.so.0.9.1
00007f48fecd8000    2048 ----- 000000000000b000 008:00011 libudev.so.0.9.1
00007f48feed8000       4 r---- 000000000000b000 008:00011 libudev.so.0.9.1
00007f48feed9000       4 rw--- 000000000000c000 008:00011 libudev.so.0.9.1
00007f48feeda000     128 r-x-- 0000000000000000 008:00011 ld-2.12.1.so
00007f48fef15000      36 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x270014 ]
00007f48fef1f000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x240012 ]
00007f48fef2b000      36 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x360c0016 ]
00007f48fef35000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x36090010 ]
00007f48fef36000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3608800f ]
00007f48fef4d000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x238011 ]
00007f48fef54000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x40006 ]
00007f48fefb4000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x38005 ]
00007f48ff014000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x30004 ]
00007f48ff074000     384 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x28003 ]
00007f48ff0d4000      36 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48ff0dd000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x3c298021 ]
00007f48ff0de000       4 rw-s- 0000000000000000 000:00004   [ shmid=0x22000a ]
00007f48ff0df000      16 rw-s- 0000000100fe6000 000:00005 card0
00007f48ff0e3000      16 rw-s- 0000000100fe2000 000:00005 card0
00007f48ff0e7000      16 rw-s- 0000000100fde000 000:00005 card0
00007f48ff0eb000      16 rw-s- 0000000100fda000 000:00005 card0
00007f48ff0ef000      16 rw-s- 0000000100fd6000 000:00005 card0
00007f48ff0f3000      16 rw-s- 0000000100fd2000 000:00005 card0
00007f48ff0f7000      12 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007f48ff0fa000       4 r---- 0000000000020000 008:00011 ld-2.12.1.so
00007f48ff0fb000       4 rw--- 0000000000021000 008:00011 ld-2.12.1.so
00007f48ff0fc000       4 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
00007ffff8c6e000     136 rw--- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ stack ]
00007ffff8dff000       4 r-x-- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
ffffffffff600000       4 r-x-- 0000000000000000 000:00000   [ anon ]
mapped: 452124K    writeable/private: 324356K    shared: 25260K

I have no idea what to make of this. Perhaps somebody can give me a hand?

[ktaragorn]

This problem happens to me too. I use Wine to Play world of warcraft, and i think one affects the other.. Over a day of starting and closing Wow maybe 2-5 times Xorg memory goes up from 45M at login, to abt 700-800, and at this point comp slowdown is obvious because my total memory is 3gb and starting wow and video player together becomes hard at this point.