Closing due to the last update to this bug being almost 7 years old. Please file a new bug if this still applies to recent releases of chromium-browser.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671181 Title: Chrome browser pids orphaned +1.5 GB memory Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: chromium-browser Chromium browser process is orphaned and consumes 1.5GB memory. This has happened twice for the same page - attached. The ps reported command line was: /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser /usr/share/doc/imagination/html/en/index.html ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: chromium-browser 9.0.568.0~svn20101030r64532-0ubuntu1~ucd1~lucid ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.46-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu Date: Fri Nov 5 08:47:38 2010 Desktop-Session: DESKTOP_SESSION = gnome GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID = this-is-deprecated XDG_CONFIG_DIRS = /etc/xdg/xdg-gnome:/etc/xdg XDG_DATA_DIRS = /usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ Env: MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH = None LD_LIBRARY_PATH = None ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromium-browser InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: chromium-browser ThirdParty: True XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:19168): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:19173): TotemPropertiesPage-WARNING **: Couldn't open file:///home/mv/jdc/Graham_Cannon_images_Cuba_for_flyer/slideshow/all/cuba: This file contains no playable streams. (lxsession-edit:16652): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_key_file_free: assertion `key_file != NULL' failed chromium-default: CHROMIUM_FLAGS="" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/671181/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp