I ran into > 1 GB memory that caused swapping (due to useful programs using most memory) with the below version in Ubuntu 14.04. It's lasted for several minutes so far (total CPU time 30 minutes).
The idea that this is not a bug is ludicrous. It must be able to handle running into bad content – by ignoring it if necessary – and not balloon to such high memory use. ii tracker-extract 0.16.5-0ubuntu0.1 amd64 metadata database, indexer and search tool - metadata extractors -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tracker in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538673 Title: tracker-extract seems to briefly consume 1.5GB memory and slow computer right down Status in tracker package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: tracker In normal operation of computer, very occasionally computer suddenly slows right down for about 45 seconds - mousepointer is very slow to respond to movement, and windows are too slow to respond to clicks. This has been hard to identify the cause because the computer is so slow to respond it's hard to get system monitor opened to see the offending process. Anyway I've finally managed to view system-monitor within the 45 seconds, and it seems to be "tracker-extract" program that is responsible, that was consuming over 1.5GB of RAM on my machine. It was hard to see though because the 45 seconds finished almost as soon as I'd viewed it, so it very quickly disappeared from the top of the process list when ranked by memory usage. So is "tracker-extract" the offending process? Can it be made a little less hungry of Memory (+ CPU) please? I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) 64 bit version on a 2.9GB machine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/538673/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
