** Attachment added: "lsof -p 5967" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031845/+attachment/3245004/+files/lsof.txt
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1031845 Title: Excessive memory usage (>> 1 GB) and messing up CAPS LOCK. Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: gnome-settings-daemons uses excessive memory and lets the CAPS LOCK LED on my USB keyboard flicker. I have added lsof output in case it helps. I have tried to grab a core dump, the latter didn't work (i. e. no core file), so no backtraces for a state. strace seemed innocuous to me. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 1 18:28:50 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-13 (79 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1031845/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp