-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 09:49:48PM +0100, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > Package: lightdm-gtk-greeter > Version: 1.6.1-4 > Severity: normal > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > root 27352 0.2 0.8 143040 36104 tty7 Ss+ 17:25 0:22 /usr/bin/X > :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch > lightdm 27370 0.4 0.6 401064 26404 ? Ssl 17:25 0:45 > /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter > > An hour later... > > root 27352 0.2 0.9 145452 38476 tty7 Ss+ 17:25 0:30 /usr/bin/X > :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch > lightdm 27370 0.4 0.6 402252 27460 ? Ssl 17:25 1:01 > /usr/sbin/lightdm-gtk-greeter > > That's about +1MB RSS per hour for lightdm-gtk-greeter, and about +2MB RSS per > hour for X. Last time I went on a 2 week vacation, when I returned greeter had > half a gig RSS. Forgot to screenshot it. > > To make matters worse, X is not releasing allocated memory after login. It > persists until the end of the session, when it is finally restarted. > > I tried reverting to the default theme (Adwaita), but it doesn't change a > thing (still leaks). > > Finally, CPU usage is also a bit problematic. I suspect it is somehow > connected > to the memory leak. Eventhough 0.2 - 0.4% CPU is not much, it's still > unexpected > for a display manager. Not to mention that it doesn't allow CPU on an > otherwise > dormant machine to go to deep sleep and probably wastes a lot of power.
Can you provide a valgrind log? See http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/quick-start.html Regards, - -- Yves-Alexis Perez -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSzHM+AAoJEG3bU/KmdcClQpUH/3rxN9WXeu97WazgsXdlHi1+ v/p6txTuAXZYWona/Ehka/8JYYf6W62Q6bgFSwPCVMagY5IGZYzWjkD3DBGtDn42 O91WCJ844QkAztqYOqqpUEFWuUmD7dafosaF5RFu5ZmnGfjN8CLrkv+kK7B9R0/F IoG1rsrnTbzYE/Xx+yviwLG3vkBs3iK3YWmoAnYYcJM7nxyYAQmosjihSa2MEqzP XCGBz1DDo3kqjC37aoHofnY0KFQC7CgYgNsxwEtioghINJRZ1jcUBwS00uRmMvgA passHc0CIizTJQRtK03gv7NxL2gDtEifvNH1RmDJ8deO99NduoaxFoFoc9cSI78= =aFK8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org