[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-12-12 Thread Begona Alvarez
This is quite disappointing... Just saying... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-12-12 Thread tomsk
@begonaalvarezd No solution after 2 years.. Cannonical is ignoring us. I already switched to KDE Neon (uses about 450MB of RAM at start) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title:

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-12-12 Thread Begona Alvarez
Any update here? I have been experiencing this issue with Ubuntu 16.04 really looong time. The memory consumption starts normal (high but quite normal for java) but it is just a matter of time that java eats all possible memory leading to a crash. I have been forced to downgrade some computers to

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-19 Thread Sergei
Seems like a kernel or systemd bug since debian is affected too after upgrading to 4.9. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-19 Thread Blue Boelter
Hello, a 16.04 64-bit user here. I found this thread in 12-2016 after having this problem. Then an update seemed to fix it and things have been going fine since then. Now, with no changes to my system other than regular updates, the memory suck problem is back. I see that 'Fix Released' label.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-12 Thread andresimi
Following @tomsk that Swtiched to KDE Neon, I tried Mint KDE 1604 and I am very impressed! The only thing I had to setup was to disable baloo file indexer that made the system unusable, but after that the system is really fast and no bugs. Great Work! - My memory consumption was around 1.5 GB at

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-08 Thread Davias
..thanks again Scott for the explanation. I'm coming from Ubuntu 14.04, no problems there. But going back is kind of let down, and also not safe to go back: I would have to reinstall the system...very long...waiting 'till April..is almost 1 year away.. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-08 Thread Scott Mackay
Davias, even though this bug report was originally about the other memory problem of using excessive memory as soon as it turns on, don't see the harm in helping with this java memory problem too since it doesn't look like Canonical is going to fix either one for 16.04 since it has existed so long

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-08 Thread Davias
Thanks Scott for #166...indeed the memory is excessive from the start, but I can live with that: 1 GB, ok, another 1 GB for firefox, ok...the problem is that java keeps growing...until it eats all the memory (I have 8 GB), the system starts to go paging on disks and become unusable. I'm using

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-07 Thread Scott Mackay
I've had the java 8 memory leak with lubuntu 16.04. As for using excessive memory from the start, like over a gigabyte with nothing else running, I've seen it in Ubuntu (Unity, Gnome, KDE) and Linux Mint 18 (Cinnamon and KDE), which is based on Ubuntu 16.04. I have not observed this excessive

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-07 Thread insp
What is the best way to migrate from Ubuntu 16.04 to 14.04 or Linux Mint with keeping all my files? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-06 Thread Davias
..this is about 16.04 memory leaks, not just unity, that BTW, I'm not using..I'm on Gnome Classic...fallback..and my principal application works on java 8, and it was perfect until 14.04..then the upgrade and this nightmare... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-06 Thread Alecz20
@davias: What does java have to do with Ubuntu Unity? Just remove java or stop whatever 3rd party application uses it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-06 Thread Davias
..this is my system monitor...java 8 starts at around 1GB and then grows to grab all memory... ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2017-07-06 15-55-10.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4910369/+files/Screenshot%20from%202017-07-06%2015-55-10.png

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-07-05 Thread Alecz20
For me compiz consumes 955 MB RAM with Chrome and Firefox open: Top memory consumers: Firefox : 900MB - 1,2 GB (about 8 tabs open) Compiz : 955 MB Gnome-software : 310 MB Chrome : ~150 MB per tab. Total usage: 6.0 GB / 15.3 See attached picture ** Attachment added: "Compiz uses 955 MB RAM"

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-30 Thread insp
I've tried KDE Neon on Ubuntu 16.04.2 and the issue still persists. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-28 Thread andresimi
Good to know @tomsk, Ubuntu days of glory are gone. It's been more than a year in this topic and we couldn't get a word. Maybe it is time for a goodbye indeed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-28 Thread Reichyga
A new report is not a bad idea since here there are people complaining of different problems. Some complain about a memory leak while others complain that the use of ram is about 500-1000 MB higher than 14.04. (which is my case) My best bet is that there is some problem with unity or with a

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-28 Thread tomsk
Yea I switched to KDE Neon and I don't have any problem, RAM usage is about 450MB :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-28 Thread Davias
..well, instead of a new report, I will like to have new solutions... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-27 Thread insp
I think we should create a new report about this issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-21 Thread Davias
Yeah, .. what's wrong with Ubuntu 16.04...? This LTS update I delayed a lot, waiting for support of the official AMDGPU-PRO driver, was really a nightmare. My system was upgraded since 7.04 and everything just worked PERFECTLY...Now I find myself with low ram warnings, Oracle java 8 system

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-21 Thread insp
Yep, with Gnome Flashback the issue also exists, maybe with slightly less load on RAM. I'm so tired about this bug what's wrong with Ubuntu 16.04... :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-20 Thread Davias
#151: NO, I am (and always been) on Gnome Flashback...fallback...the old ubuntu desktop, the one like it is meant to be...AND it eats memory... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-17 Thread insp
I've installed the Gnome flashback desktop environment into my Ubuntu 16.04 and it seems working fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-16 Thread Michel-Ekimia
Can we sum up in the Bug description the root cause of this problem ? thx -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-15 Thread insp
On 16.04 now have the same issues with RAM growing. Thinking about to go back to 14.04 or switch to Linux Mint. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-15 Thread Davias
...here again, have been monitoring..I'm on Gnome Fallback as GUI and Oracle Java 8, last update: my java app, Prorealtime 10.3 (owrking ok since 2 years on 14.04) keeps growing in memory space: from the start it occupies 1.1 GB as Firefox, then, with no other activities, java in monitor keeps

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-15 Thread Davias
...tried the AMDGPU-PRO driver (AMDGPU is not available for HD7770), graphic performance on Java are a joke: 5 times worst than Gallium (not Noveau)...you move the mouse and the cursor follow after 1 second...a joke. Back to Gallium, yesterday started with 29% mem free, ended up in the evening

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-05 Thread Davias
..just upgraded from 14.04...my system has 8GB ram, never had problem with memory, now using my main app in Java ?im getting memory low warning! I have an AMD Athlon 2 X4, Radeon 7770 with 1GB ram, using the Noveau driver... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-04 Thread warren
Here is few of the Gnome-shell memory leaks listed on Bugzilla Bug 642652 - Major memory leak on mutter when using gnome-shell Bug 701230 - Memory usage grows rapidly, never decreases Bug 735705 - Memory usage of gnome-shell increasing to X GiB (heap) Bug 777654 - gnome-shell memory leaks on

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-06-01 Thread AWB70
2 Systems running both 64bit systems one has 1gig ram installed (old computer) with 14.04.5 LTS 32bit ram after boot up is 328mb Tried Mint 18.1 Mate on same system Ram after bootup 600 ish. 2nd system with 2gig Ram ubuntu 16.04 LTS boots up with 867mb Ram. Would expect newer versions of OS

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-05-23 Thread insp
Bug still exists in latest release of Ubuntu 16.04? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-05-09 Thread Bushi
I'm using Gnome Ubuntu 17.04 (kernel 4.10.0-20-generic, 6GB of total RAM) and have the same problem. System boots with 1.2GB and soon reaches 50% of used RAM, with 2 or 3 firefox tabs open. I've tested Ubuntu Mate 16.10 and although the initial RAM was lower than Gnome, it was still a little high

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-26 Thread gkessel
I don't think this is strictly a Unity problem. I recently noticed that gnome-shell was eating memory in Ubuntu 16.04.2 (64-bit), consuming all available RAM and SWAP space before ultimately resulting in errors resembling, "Unable to fork: Cannot allocate memory," which occurred when launching

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-20 Thread Sergei
Confirmed - moving to debian 8 reduces ram usage by 1-2 Gb. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-20 Thread tasos
Same here.Running Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 , kernel : 4.10.0-19-generic , 4GB RAM , 2,8GB Swap on Dell Inspiron 3542 laptop . I boot on 1.2GB of RAM (!!) and system swaps (and stucks...)with some chrome tabs (5 or 6) , eclipse , skype and slack running . This just means that I cant work :) . Its the

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-19 Thread i2000s
My gnome-shell is using 20.8GiB right now on my Ubuntu 16.04.2 Gnome. Still slowly increasing! Any fix? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-07 Thread tomsk
I switched to KDE Neon and I am happy, memory usage is around 400MB and KDE Plasma is better than Unity (better customization, modern look) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-07 Thread Sergei
Since Canonical no longer supports unity, switching to debian is a best way to resolve this issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-04-07 Thread Nov
Do anyone here notices that SOMETIMES the RAM usage goes very annoyingly high after upgrading through terminal? My previous Lubuntu is usually around 300 mb. It rises to 700 mb after doing apt upgrade. My current Xubuntu is also rises to 900 mb after doing apt-upgrade. I did a new clean install

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-21 Thread tomsk
I dont think that it will be fixed (no annoucement from devs --> devs are lazy), maybe it is time to switch to KDE/LXDE or another distro :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-21 Thread warren
In Ubuntu 14.04.5 I used the free -m command and gnome-system-monitor the results were indentical, but Ubuntu 16.04.2 the results are not identical gnome-system-monitor adds 600MB to the memory usage. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2017-03-21 11-21-23.png"

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-16 Thread WindTux
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => unity (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-14 Thread Amr Ibrahim
The Xenial task was 'Fix Released' by mistake. Please revert back to 'Confirmed'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-07 Thread tomsk
If is it possible I would like to downgrade unity/gnome to Ubuntu 15.10 version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-07 Thread WindTux
with KDE Neon there are not problems of Excessive consumption... is unity or gnome 3.18 the problem... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-07 Thread tomsk
So where is fix? There is no fix release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-06 Thread Scott Mackay
Where is this "fix"? I know it isn't bootchart, because bootchart isn't on any of my installations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-06 Thread tomsk
Fixed? Haha made my day :D -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-06 Thread James Baughn
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-02 Thread tomsk
same here :( my tests: http://askubuntu.com/questions/888509/unity- reduce-ram-usage Ubuntu is going down.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-02-20 Thread Keith
I did have bootchart installed. So I removed and purged it and went as far as moving the hidden .bootchart directory to the trash (couldn't delete it) and then restarting the computer. So far this seems to have resolved the problem for me. I'm no longer seeing the slow but steady increase in

Re: [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-02-20 Thread warren
Does Bug 1572801 have anything to do with the Upstart to systemd transition? On 02/17/2017 03:37 AM, nevergone wrote: > Somebody? > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title:

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-02-17 Thread nevergone
Somebody? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-31 Thread Marcantonio
Will 4.9 be backported to 16.04? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread Sergei
It uses less RAM than 16.10 and 16.04. Difference is about 500 MB on start and 1Gb after launching different applications. It's hard for me to compare 14.04 and 17.04, because it's 2.5 years passed. But I think moving to systemd increased RAM usage anyway. And some new versions of daemons and

Re: [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread warren
So you're saying that kernel 4.9.0 cuts ram usage to 14.04 levels which would be a reduction of about 600-700 megabytes. On 01/30/2017 12:59 PM, Сергей wrote: > For me problem is gone since upgrading kernel to 4.9.0. > You can try to get it from 17.04 repo. > -- You received this bug

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread Сергей
For me problem is gone since upgrading kernel to 4.9.0. You can try to get it from 17.04 repo. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread Marcantonio
This is affecting our servers, which we just upgraded to 16.04. No unity or gnome or any of that. Memory, for any application it seems, just grows more rapidly. I'm convinced this is related to the kernel. I hate to be the guy to say this, but why isn't this a bigger deal? I've tried 4.4.0-59

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-19 Thread Matt Mudrich
Wanted to chime-in and say I experience the same thing. Issue doesn't persist in Ubuntu Gnome flavor on the same hardware. Did notice some earlier posters mentioned dropbox, have noticed the latest version will consistently chew up available memory the longer the machine is on. -- You received

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-18 Thread Сергей
Confirmed. It looks like 17.04 uses less ram than 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-18 Thread Miguel Romão
So at this stage the best solution seems to be: wait for 17.04 and check again. Great... until then my 4 gb RAM laptop feels like last century technology... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-14 Thread david wood
I see a lot of chatter that is likely confusion related to the leak manifestations, and the false belief that eliminating X or Y memory consumer "fixed" the problem. The proper test is probably to leave a computer running, idle for 24-48 hours; if you begin swapping and running out of RAM while

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-03 Thread chris
16.04 - AMD 64bit - 4GB ram - nvidia GT610 (2GB model) I get full lock up if i run any program that is resource intensive for too long. Noted that swap was disabled for some reason. Have enabled swap (5GB) which prolonged the amount of time to lockup however it still occurs. free -m repeated

Re: [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-12-06 Thread Andrei B.
I decided to try Fedora 25 Gnome. 4 GB of RAM proved not enough for Chrome, this considering gnome starts already at 1.3 GB. All in all it does'n feel much different than Unity in mem usage. Xubuntu and the lighter bunch start with less ram, so Chrome has a harder time swapping. I would not care

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-12-06 Thread Ryan Karolak
Evolution is the application that Ubuntu uses for calendar, mail, and contacts. A similar program would be Mozilla's Thunderbird. It doesn't surprise me that removing it would free up some RAM, but I don't think this is necessarily the root of the problem. Removing it from other versions of

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-12-05 Thread Blue Boelter
I also have this problem on my AMD 64-bit system with 4 Gb of RAM. I've read thru all the stuff above, and I still don't know what to do. I don't understand what Evolution is or what it does, so I don't know if I can remove it. I'm scared to copy/paste people's code into a Terminal, as it's

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-29 Thread Reinhard
In my test I saw following: UBUNTU 14.04 uses about 482MB memory UBUNTU 16.04 uses about 966MB memory So I reduced memory with following script, which removes software I don't need, and ended at about 660MB memory. Also boot- and login time get a little bit shorter. But I am not to happy,

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-29 Thread insp
In addition to post above. The system starts swapping and became unresponsive, then OOM (Out of memory) killer starts working, killing Chrome tabs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-27 Thread insp
It's hard to work with because of this issue. Also I've found out that Google Chrome fill in all RAM with time and system starts swapping. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title:

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-24 Thread Sebastian Dominguez
I solved it removing google talk firefox extension (very old version) My 2 cents -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-24 Thread Sebastian Dominguez
I solve with removing google talk firefox extension (very old version) My 2 cents -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-24 Thread Stoyan Ivanov
16GB of DDR4 ram on a workstation. Chrome with 30 tabs plus multiple terminals and text editors = all of it full. When I used 14.04 LTS, everything was okay, 10-12GB used with a lot more chrome tabs open. Waiting for a fix for this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-12 Thread Jean Carlos
Definetly the newer kernels (non-officials) use a lot less ram memory than older one. But the problem comes with WiFi network card. In my case, I am not able to switch to kernel 4.8.6 because I loss WiFi conectivity (BCM4312 like any Dell laptop), I need to be stick to kernel 4.4.0 for now. --

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-11 Thread Sebastian Dominguez
In my case removing intel-microcode (propietary driver) the ram drops to 900MB (but loses performance and video in hd frezes) ** Attachment added: "Captura de pantalla de 2016-11-11 16-25-05.png"

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-12 Thread Mozg
It's got something to do with the kernel. Done a quick test using the latest kernel 4.4.0-42-generic. Restarted my pc and logged in. Opened terminal and mem usage was 1.8gb. Done the same with the latest 4.8.1 kernel from ubuntu kernels page and the usage was only 673mb. Crazy! -- You received

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-12 Thread bekou
@Khurshid Alam Well, I do confirm that adding the 4.4.0-22 kernel, there was a drop in the memory usage. Initially, the system started with 1.2 gb. I disabled evolution processes as suggested above. cd /usr/share/dbus-1/services sudo ln -snf /dev/null

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-11 Thread Khurshid Alam
Now I can confirm It's definitely the kernel. Here are my test result: Kernel RAM usage after boot --- 4.4.0-18: 600MB 4.4.0-22: 600MB 4.4.0-31: 900MB 4.4-0-38: 900MB 4.4-0-42: 1000MB 4.8-0-22:

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-09 Thread rob cain
Just to add, too was experiencing high RAM usage & what appeared to be a slow but steady memory leak in Unbunti 16.04 (latest). In my case, I discovered at least part of the problem was one or more (yet to be determined) Firefox (v49.0) plugins/add-ons. People also running Firefox might like to

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-08 Thread Thiago Martins
You guys can ignore my latest message (#96). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 To manage notifications

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-07 Thread Thiago Martins
Right after booting my 16.04 (now 16.10), before even logging into Unity, I go to text console and log there... 32G of RAM being used! htop shows nothing... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-27 Thread bhartendu
Hi, I am facing the same issues. In my case gnome-shell and gnome-daemon are taking most of the memory. At one point gnome-shell was using 5.6 GB of RAM. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2016-09-27 14-55-34.png"

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-18 Thread Khurshid Alam
I have started experiencing this issue after latest kernel update. As many discovered that memory leak in evolution-data-server is one of the culprit. But even after killing all eds services the memory usage still at 800mb+ unlike trusty (500~600mb). So it is not the only reason. Btw, memory leak

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-15 Thread emdee
Just installed the new Ubuntu base that arrived as an OS update and contained a compiz upgrade - no discernible improvement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-15 Thread emdee
Well, it is good to know that others have the same problem as myself, but the comments do not all add any new information in order to help address the issue. The problem CANNOT just be a straight memory leak or CPU usage issue. I am running 16.04.1 on a 64-bit Dell I with Radeon graphics and

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-12 Thread Nuno Gonçalves
I have same problem, fresh start, uses 1.3Gb of ram. Besides can be the reason of sometimes the OS freezes, it is about 1~5min unresponsive with only gedit open or other random program. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-12 Thread Lunderhage
This bug was posted 2016-04-21. It has been marked by 75 people, high and confirmed. Today is 2016-09-12. What are we waiting for? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title:

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-07 Thread Romain Cambier
The seems to be related to unity since using KDE, i'm using about 700Mo when not doing anything while using 1.9 Go after 12 hours of not doing anything with unity. When closing & re-opening my unity session, the RAM drop to 800Mo and slowly increases over the time, still without doing anything!

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-29 Thread anderson
I was having a issue like that. What solved my problem was disabling (or unistall) the packet "cups-browsed". Now the RAM use is about 900MB-1GB when system Reboot and not increasing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-27 Thread fisadev
I was having the same issue: lots of RAM usage, increasing over time, even with no applications open. I uninstalled the evolution package (just that one, no other evolution-*), and the problem seems to be fixed. Still testing, but I haven't seen excessive ram usage since yesterday. -- You

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-15 Thread shivaraj naidu
I even tried Ubuntu 16.04.1 with Kernel 4.7, Unfortunately still problem is there.. after that.. I have seen gnome-system-monitor and found that gnome-software using more than 110 MiB of my RAM and Evolution services using My RAM unnecessarily .. Killing these services reduce My RAM usage so that

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-10 Thread warren
Comparison of Ubuntu 14.04.5 to Ubuntu 16.04.1 using gnome-system- monitor Ubuntu 14.04.5 compiz 79.7 MB evolution-calendar-factory 38.0 MB evolution-source-registry 4.8 MB The ubuntu-software-center uses 111MB after the program is opened but not constantly like

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-09 Thread Andy C
I'm not sure what your asking or saying? but i have attached a couple of screen shots of my systems idle ram usage i understand Removing evolution completely is messy, but disabling is relatively straightforward. Of course this should have been done using dpkg divert and whatever, to not confuse

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-09 Thread Andy C
** Attachment added: "htop ram usage (16.04.1 LTS) gnome" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4717412/+files/htop.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-09 Thread Andy C
** Attachment added: "ram usage idle after workaround!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4717411/+files/dtop.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-08 Thread warren
Ubuntu 16.04.1 Unity Desktop dpkg -s evolution dpkg-query: package 'evolution' is not installed and no information is available Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-08 Thread warren
** Attachment added: "evolution_gnome-system-monitor.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4717152/+files/evolution_gnome-system-monitor.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-08 Thread Andy C
i have found a possible fix or workaround to the problem! i installed Ubuntu gnome 16.04 and to my surprise the ram usage was at 1.2gb idle and after just opening my browser and a youtube video it shot up to about 2.3gb which was alarming to say the least, so not one to give up i went in search

[Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-06 Thread andresimi
unfortunately for me, upgrading to kernel 4.7 didn't solve the issue. Nor downgrading to kernels 3.13.10, 3.13.11 or 3.19. ** Attachment added: "Espaço de Trabalho 1_128.png"

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