Public bug reported:
Ubuntu Version: 20.10 groovy
Xorg Version: ii xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu15 amd64X.Org X
Window System
xorg seems to have a memory leak - usage grows from 200mb of memory to
fill all available memory (several GBs)
ps -o pid,user,%mem,command ax | grep Xorg
can reproduce this issue on a current karmic:
c...@n:~/Pictures$ du -shL *
16K Picasa Exports
c...@n:~/Pictures$ du -shL --apparent-size *
10M Picasa Exports
c...@n:~/Pictures$ uname -a
Linux n 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64
GNU/Linux
du (GNU coreuti