** Summary changed: - Firefox huge memory usage on amb64 (memory leak) + Firefox huge memory usage on amd64 (memory leak)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863133 Title: Firefox huge memory usage on amd64 (memory leak) Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Behaviour I have seen: * Start firefox * Memory usage: ~250MB * Use normally for 30 minutes to an hour (3-6 tabs a new page loaded every couple of minutes) * Memory usage: ~990MB (I have seen it get as high as 1.4GB) The memory usage does go down when I close tab and the like but overall it only increase and the bulk of it is never freed. I did not have this problem on Firefox 3 on 32bit (it leaked but much slower). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: firefox 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: amp 1388 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: amp 1388 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20110929022028 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'M44'/'M Audio Delta 44 at 0xec00, irq 16' Mixer name : 'ICE1712 - multitrack' Components : '' Controls : 55 Simple ctrls : 37 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf9ff8000 irq 46' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,14627238,00100002' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 19 Channel: release Date: Fri Sep 30 02:15:42 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: IpRoute: default via 192.168.11.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.11.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.11.100 metric 1 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110929022028 (Running) RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserAsoundrc: #defaults.ctl.card 1 #defaults.pcm.card 1 #defaults.timer.card 1 #pcm.!default plughw:1 dmi.bios.date: 01/05/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.3 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7238 dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.board.version: 110 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.chassis.version: 110 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.3:bd01/05/2007:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7238:pvr110:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-7238:rvr110:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr110: dmi.product.name: MS-7238 dmi.product.version: 110 dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/863133/+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

