This is what I did:
In /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf
I changed this line:
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options radeon modeset=1
to this:
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options radeon modeset=0
And in addition I added the boot parameter nomodeset while booting. The parameter was seen during booting according to
/proc/cmdline. Any way I can check kms was actually disabled?
Right after booting xorg memory use was 101 MB.
When I opened a large PDF file, during browsing and rendering, memory increased to > 500 MB.
AFter closing the file, memory use dropped to 211 MB
Then I opened another PDF and browsed until memory use was > 600 MB
(Those are PDFs 35-50 MB in size and contain a lot of bitmaps)
After closing this PDF memeory was released until the 211 MB mark
Swap space was untouched.
Let me see what happens the next few hours/days.
jlinkels