Newer bug like this, still affecting at least Ubuntu 16.04: #725435 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to notify-osd in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378193
Title: Memory leak in notify-osd Status in notify-osd package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in notify-osd source package in Karmic: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: notify-osd Ever since upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10, I found that these programs, which I believe are closely related, leak a lot of memory over time: /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd /usr/lib/indicator-applet/indicator-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_IndicatorApplet_Factory --oaf-ior-fd=32 E.g., after a day, each of the above consumes many hundreds of MB in the resident set size (and even more in the virtual memory size). I usually just send SIGTERM to both; after killing notify-osd, I am prompted to restart the program (don't quite remember what the dialog box says, but the button to hit is Reload). The programs restart with small memory usage again. Not sure if it matters, but I use Pidgin, and I leave it running all the time. My understanding is that notify-osd is the program that draws those pop-up notifications whenever signs on/off, and AFAIK Pidgin is the only program that I ever see these pop-up notifications from. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 $ uname -a Linux yang-xps410 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ apt-cache policy notify-osd notify-osd: Installed: 0.9.11-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 0.9.11-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 0.9.11-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/378193/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp