I applied the patch #778727 on ubuntu 11.04 64-bit. It does fix the memory leak problem (metacity used to consume ~4GB of mem while with the patch never exceeds 5MB). However, it introduces a new problem. Alt-tab functionality to switch between processes is now broken. Every time I press Alt-tab it seems as if it redraws the windows and leaves me in the same one.
Interestingly, if I have two terminals and press alt-tab continuously the terminals are moving downwards. -Regards -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774740 Title: Huge memory leak in metacity Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Binary package hint: metacity Metacity uses 72Mb. of RAM. Ubuntu 11.04 Classic desktop ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: metacity 1:2.30.3-0ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun May 1 11:30:38 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/metacity InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: metacity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/774740/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
