I can confirm this bug or maybe a similar one on Openbox/LXDE. After about 20h of uptime Xorg is now taking up 250 MiB of RAM. My experience with Unity/Compiz was similar.
Is there anything akin to "compiz --replace" for Xorg? Additional information: - Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS - Linux 3.2.0-36-generic - AMD Mobility Radeon HD5650 on FGLRX (Catalyst 12.6) ** Also affects: xorg-server Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870042 Title: Memory leak in compiz (and maybe Xorg) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/870042/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs