Very high Xorg memory usage with Ubuntu 18.04
I'm having a memory leak issue with Xorg and it's taking up huge portions on my memory. Right now, it's up to 41.2% of memory and I haven't even been using the computer that much.
This is some output regarding it.
Linux grant-N501VW 4.15.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 17 15:39:52 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root 1402 0.0 0.6 400860 99080 tty1 Sl+ Jul29 0:03 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt1 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/120/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
root 2097 0.0 34.4 6136080 5608064 tty2 Sl+ Jul29 4:26 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
grant 23603 0.0 0.0 21536 1096 pts/0 S+ 23:11 0:00 grep --color=auto xorg
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 15903 7914 5325 352 2663 7450
Swap: 716 0 716
All drivers are updated as well. Restarting will reset the memory usage but it still creeps up over time.
18.04 xorg ram memory-leak
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I'm having a memory leak issue with Xorg and it's taking up huge portions on my memory. Right now, it's up to 41.2% of memory and I haven't even been using the computer that much.
This is some output regarding it.
Linux grant-N501VW 4.15.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 17 15:39:52 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root 1402 0.0 0.6 400860 99080 tty1 Sl+ Jul29 0:03 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt1 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/120/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
root 2097 0.0 34.4 6136080 5608064 tty2 Sl+ Jul29 4:26 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
grant 23603 0.0 0.0 21536 1096 pts/0 S+ 23:11 0:00 grep --color=auto xorg
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 15903 7914 5325 352 2663 7450
Swap: 716 0 716
All drivers are updated as well. Restarting will reset the memory usage but it still creeps up over time.
18.04 xorg ram memory-leak
asked Aug 3 '18 at 3:20
NUTsTUNNUTsTUN
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did you try to set memory limits
– desertangels
Aug 3 '18 at 3:29
I dont see anything wrong with your memory use
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 3:58
@Panther Xorg memory usage increases over time. It's gotten to 9GB of just Xorg when I wasn't even doing anything. Since I have 16GB of RAM it hasn't slowed me down too much but I want to pin point the issue.
– NUTsTUN
Aug 3 '18 at 18:46
Unused ram is wasted ram. Is it causing some sort of problem?
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 19:19
@Panther how would you justify 9GB of RAM used by Xorg? Of course, using RAM for caching etc. when it is not used by applications is reasonable. But applications shouldn't occupy more RAM than they need; and Xorg occupying 9GB sounds like a memory leak, especially because it happens over time.
– danzel
Aug 26 '18 at 15:12
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I'm having a memory leak issue with Xorg and it's taking up huge portions on my memory. Right now, it's up to 41.2% of memory and I haven't even been using the computer that much.
This is some output regarding it.
Linux grant-N501VW 4.15.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 17 15:39:52 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root 1402 0.0 0.6 400860 99080 tty1 Sl+ Jul29 0:03 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt1 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/120/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
root 2097 0.0 34.4 6136080 5608064 tty2 Sl+ Jul29 4:26 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
grant 23603 0.0 0.0 21536 1096 pts/0 S+ 23:11 0:00 grep --color=auto xorg
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 15903 7914 5325 352 2663 7450
Swap: 716 0 716
All drivers are updated as well. Restarting will reset the memory usage but it still creeps up over time.
18.04 xorg ram memory-leak
asked Aug 3 '18 at 3:20
NUTsTUNNUTsTUN
412
I'm having a memory leak issue with Xorg and it's taking up huge portions on my memory. Right now, it's up to 41.2% of memory and I haven't even been using the computer that much.
This is some output regarding it.
Linux grant-N501VW 4.15.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 17 15:39:52 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root 1402 0.0 0.6 400860 99080 tty1 Sl+ Jul29 0:03 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt1 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/120/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
root 2097 0.0 34.4 6136080 5608064 tty2 Sl+ Jul29 4:26 /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt2 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3
grant 23603 0.0 0.0 21536 1096 pts/0 S+ 23:11 0:00 grep --color=auto xorg
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 15903 7914 5325 352 2663 7450
Swap: 716 0 716
All drivers are updated as well. Restarting will reset the memory usage but it still creeps up over time.
18.04 xorg ram memory-leak
18.04 xorg ram memory-leak
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did you try to set memory limits
– desertangels
Aug 3 '18 at 3:29
I dont see anything wrong with your memory use
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 3:58
@Panther Xorg memory usage increases over time. It's gotten to 9GB of just Xorg when I wasn't even doing anything. Since I have 16GB of RAM it hasn't slowed me down too much but I want to pin point the issue.
– NUTsTUN
Aug 3 '18 at 18:46
Unused ram is wasted ram. Is it causing some sort of problem?
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 19:19
@Panther how would you justify 9GB of RAM used by Xorg? Of course, using RAM for caching etc. when it is not used by applications is reasonable. But applications shouldn't occupy more RAM than they need; and Xorg occupying 9GB sounds like a memory leak, especially because it happens over time.
– danzel
Aug 26 '18 at 15:12
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show 2 more comments
did you try to set memory limits
– desertangels
Aug 3 '18 at 3:29
I dont see anything wrong with your memory use
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 3:58
@Panther Xorg memory usage increases over time. It's gotten to 9GB of just Xorg when I wasn't even doing anything. Since I have 16GB of RAM it hasn't slowed me down too much but I want to pin point the issue.
– NUTsTUN
Aug 3 '18 at 18:46
Unused ram is wasted ram. Is it causing some sort of problem?
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 19:19
@Panther how would you justify 9GB of RAM used by Xorg? Of course, using RAM for caching etc. when it is not used by applications is reasonable. But applications shouldn't occupy more RAM than they need; and Xorg occupying 9GB sounds like a memory leak, especially because it happens over time.
– danzel
Aug 26 '18 at 15:12
did you try to set memory limits
– desertangels
Aug 3 '18 at 3:29
did you try to set memory limits
– desertangels
Aug 3 '18 at 3:29
I dont see anything wrong with your memory use
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 3:58
I dont see anything wrong with your memory use
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 3:58
@Panther Xorg memory usage increases over time. It's gotten to 9GB of just Xorg when I wasn't even doing anything. Since I have 16GB of RAM it hasn't slowed me down too much but I want to pin point the issue.
– NUTsTUN
Aug 3 '18 at 18:46
@Panther Xorg memory usage increases over time. It's gotten to 9GB of just Xorg when I wasn't even doing anything. Since I have 16GB of RAM it hasn't slowed me down too much but I want to pin point the issue.
– NUTsTUN
Aug 3 '18 at 18:46
Unused ram is wasted ram. Is it causing some sort of problem?
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 19:19
Unused ram is wasted ram. Is it causing some sort of problem?
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 19:19
@Panther how would you justify 9GB of RAM used by Xorg? Of course, using RAM for caching etc. when it is not used by applications is reasonable. But applications shouldn't occupy more RAM than they need; and Xorg occupying 9GB sounds like a memory leak, especially because it happens over time.
– danzel
Aug 26 '18 at 15:12
@Panther how would you justify 9GB of RAM used by Xorg? Of course, using RAM for caching etc. when it is not used by applications is reasonable. But applications shouldn't occupy more RAM than they need; and Xorg occupying 9GB sounds like a memory leak, especially because it happens over time.
– danzel
Aug 26 '18 at 15:12
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UPDATE:
I managed to figure out that the issue was a custom wallpaper systemd service that I was running to update the wallpaper every 30 seconds using pscirlce. Apparently I misconfigured the service and it wasn't removing something from memory properly. I don't know the exact cause of the issue, but removing this fixed my issue.
Unfortunately I lost the .service files so I don't have any more information for further research.
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UPDATE:
I managed to figure out that the issue was a custom wallpaper systemd service that I was running to update the wallpaper every 30 seconds using pscirlce. Apparently I misconfigured the service and it wasn't removing something from memory properly. I don't know the exact cause of the issue, but removing this fixed my issue.
Unfortunately I lost the .service files so I don't have any more information for further research.
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UPDATE:
I managed to figure out that the issue was a custom wallpaper systemd service that I was running to update the wallpaper every 30 seconds using pscirlce. Apparently I misconfigured the service and it wasn't removing something from memory properly. I don't know the exact cause of the issue, but removing this fixed my issue.
Unfortunately I lost the .service files so I don't have any more information for further research.
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UPDATE:
I managed to figure out that the issue was a custom wallpaper systemd service that I was running to update the wallpaper every 30 seconds using pscirlce. Apparently I misconfigured the service and it wasn't removing something from memory properly. I don't know the exact cause of the issue, but removing this fixed my issue.
Unfortunately I lost the .service files so I don't have any more information for further research.
answered Jan 25 at 19:00
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UPDATE:
I managed to figure out that the issue was a custom wallpaper systemd service that I was running to update the wallpaper every 30 seconds using pscirlce. Apparently I misconfigured the service and it wasn't removing something from memory properly. I don't know the exact cause of the issue, but removing this fixed my issue.
Unfortunately I lost the .service files so I don't have any more information for further research.
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did you try to set memory limits
– desertangels
Aug 3 '18 at 3:29
I dont see anything wrong with your memory use
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 3:58
@Panther Xorg memory usage increases over time. It's gotten to 9GB of just Xorg when I wasn't even doing anything. Since I have 16GB of RAM it hasn't slowed me down too much but I want to pin point the issue.
– NUTsTUN
Aug 3 '18 at 18:46
Unused ram is wasted ram. Is it causing some sort of problem?
– Panther
Aug 3 '18 at 19:19
@Panther how would you justify 9GB of RAM used by Xorg? Of course, using RAM for caching etc. when it is not used by applications is reasonable. But applications shouldn't occupy more RAM than they need; and Xorg occupying 9GB sounds like a memory leak, especially because it happens over time.
– danzel
Aug 26 '18 at 15:12