The issue for me was that the column was being inserted with zero width. Workaround: resize all the columns until you find where the new column is.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1471300 Title: Virtual Memory cannot be shown Status in Gnome System Monitor: Unknown Status in gnome-system-monitor package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Open gnome-system-monitor, switch to the tab "Processes", right-click on a the heading of a column, check "Virtual Memory". On my system (Ubuntu 15.04 64 Bit) with gnome-system-monitor 3.15.91 no virtual memory column is shown. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1471300/+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