sachit, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Vivid Vervet.
This is a significant bug in Ubuntu. If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please perform as much as possible of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention. [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287124 Title: memory leak in evince: using gigabytes of ram when selecting text Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: When I select text in a certain pdf, evince consumes hundreds of MBs to a few GBs of RAM. This ram is not freed on deselection. High CPU usage accompanies the RAM allocation. version: evince 3.4.0 OS: ubuntu 12.04 fully updated. Steps to reproduce: Open the pdf I have attached and attempt to select around a page of text. Keep a system monitor or a terminal open so you can kill it easily if your system freezes for lack of RAM. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1287124/+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
