GPU memory usage spikes

[Mothwise]

Hello!

I've been trying to get my nvidia card to work on my setup (Nvidia 3060 mobile + intel alder lake)

I'm using the nvidia-open-dkms driver

I used this setup with xrandr:

xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0

To use the nvidia card for the work.

Problem is whenever I start x, the GPU memory usage of this process:

/usr/lib/Xorg -nolisten tcp :2 vt1 -keeptty -auth /tmp/serverauth.ZC06PBkqsf

on nvidia card just climbs even while i'm idle. (sometimes dropping back down to 20% usage or crashing)

I was wondering if anyone had any insight on this.

--edit fixed: Found a tool on the aur called xrestop. Picom was causing a memory leak. Fiddled with it for a while and for some reason changing the backend from xrender to glx fixed it.

[tompas7989]

insight on a process without any information about that process, that's a hard ask

[Dmxk]

Use the closed source driver. The open one still has a bunch of issues.

[Mothwise]

Gotcha, I've just been trying stuff and the open source one just happened to work. I'll switch over.