Memory leak in "Run Application" dialog
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Panel |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-panel (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-panel
There seems to be a memory leak in the completion feature of the "Run Application" dialog.
Steps to reproduce:
* Start top or the System Monitor to monitor the memory usage of the gnome-panel process in real time.
* Open the "Run Application" dialog
* Type a letter, ("g" for example).
* Wait a few seconds, memory usage goes up a bit (up to 1MB here)
* Press backspace, wait a few seconds, memory usage goes up again.
* Rinse, repeat.
* Close the "Run Application" dialog, the memory is not released.
In a long-running session (several days), if the user regularly uses the "Run Application" dialog, that can cause gnome-panel to bloat up to several hundreds MB.
Changed in gnome-panel: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Oh, by the way. I reproduced it in Edgy (gnome-panel 2.18.1-0ubuntu3.1) and today seb128 said he could reproduce it as well.