A temporary fix is, every few days (or when you swap space is nearly all used up):
pkill metacity ; sleep 1 ; metacity it saves one logging out or rebooting -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774740 Title: Huge memory leak in metacity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/774740/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
