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xorg memory leak patch

Asked by jtp0142

This concerns the xorg memory leak in bug #92882 ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/92882 ) - I cannot find a patch, find a how to patch guide/post/etc, and it's been driving me nuts trying to fix it. I'm running Ubuntu Feisty (kernel 2.6.20-15-386, Gnome 2.18.1, xorg version 7.2.0 (04 April 2007) ) with constant updates on an AMD 3100+ desktop, Gnome is running straight with Metacity (no Compiz or Beryl), with an Nvidia GForce 5200 with NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module (1.0-9631 Thu Nov 9 17:38:10 PST 2006)

The memory leak causes the draining of system resources by xorg fairly quickly - there is a source patch in the bug report, but I have no idea where it goes and what to do with it without breaking everything I have.

This has been getting very, very old. Please, can someone tell me how to patch this so i can get on with my work?

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

The patch in bug #92882 has been applied since xserver-xorg-core (2:1.2.0-3ubuntu4).
Last available version for feisty is (2:1.2.0-3ubuntu8) so, if you have updated, you already have the patch included.

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jtp0142 (jtp0142) said : 		#2

Hm. Interesting - you are right, thank you. Perhaps I have discovered another leak then - as i've had the update applied on for some time, and am still experiencing bugs on 2 machines (one 32 bit, one 64 bit - both AMD). ( the aformentioned update was applied to both). Is there a way to diagnose this...other one? Or barring that - upgrade xorg to a development version so i dont have to restart X anymore?

Thanks!

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#3

Perhaps you are experiencing another bug. Try to collect as much information as you can and open a new bug report. Alternatively, you can wait until gutsy is available (October).

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Eric Brasseur (eric-brasseur-gmail) said : 		#4

Hello,

The solution proposed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/186354 worked for me: disable xinerama.

On ubuntu 9.04 (using an Intel GMA chipset), I added this at the bottom of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then had no more problem after restarting the X server:

Section "Serverflags"
    Option "Xinerama" "false"
Endsection

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