I have another user account on my desktop which has no problem with
unity. After she uses the hud it's only a matter of time until hud-
service and unity-panel-service tries to fill up all 8 gigs of RAM.
Firefox is what's used when it happens.
** Summary changed:
- memory leak in unity-panel-service
+ memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service
** Changed in: unity
Status: New => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service
+ massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service on certain Firefox
Profiles
** Summary changed:
- massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service on certain Firefox
Profiles
+ massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when invoking the
hud oncertain Firefox Profiles
** Project changed: unity => unity (Ubuntu)
** Also affects: unity
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: unity
Status: New => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when invoking the
hud oncertain Firefox Profiles
+ massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when invoking the
hud on certain Firefox Profiles
** Description changed:
- I'm still trying to locate the exact cause of this problem, but unity-
- panel-service is quickly racking up memory until I kill it. It's taking
- anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, but it sometimes makes the
- system unusable.
+ unity-panel-service and hud-service quickly racks up memory until I kill
+ it when invoking the HUD on Firefox. It's taking anywhere from a few
+ minutes to half an hour, but it sometimes makes the system unusable.
- I'm experiencing this on two systems currently.
+ Creating and using a new profile presents no memory leaks.
** Description changed:
unity-panel-service and hud-service quickly racks up memory until I kill
it when invoking the HUD on Firefox. It's taking anywhere from a few
minutes to half an hour, but it sometimes makes the system unusable.
+ 1. run Firefox 12.0 in the foreground
+ 2. hit Alt to bring up HUD
+ 3. type any text
+ 4. select one proposal from HUD
+
Creating and using a new profile presents no memory leaks.
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massive memory leak in unity-panel-service and hud-service when
invoking the hud on certain Firefox Profiles
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