Public bug reported: I think there might be a memory leak in Firefox 7.0.1. Memory usage with 5 tabs opened: 697916(mem) 37376(shared mem) I even reached 1GB of memory usage a few days ago. Firefox 6 used to have this memory leak problem too in my machine, and I didn't experience an improvement after upgrading to 7. I tried creating a new profile and deleting the current one but the problem persists.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: firefox 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: leo 1841 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20110928224508 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No existe el fichero o el directorio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfb400000 irq 48' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1X5' Components : 'HDA:111d7605,10280440,00100105' Controls : 15 Simple ctrls : 10 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfa080000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 4 Channel: release Date: Sat Oct 8 12:48:04 2011 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2) IpRoute: 192.168.62.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.62.96 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 default via 192.168.62.1 dev eth1 proto static Plugins: Shockwave Flash - Lib=npwrapper.libflashplayer.so, Location=/var/lib/flashplugin-installer Adobe Reader 9.4 - Lib=npwrapper.nppdf.so, Location=/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugins VLC Multimedia Plug-in - Lib=libvlcplugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_26 - Lib=libnpjp2.so, Location=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26/jre/lib/amd64 ProcEnviron: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110928224508 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-08-04 (64 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 0RXV7H dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A10 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A10 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd10/25/2010:svnDellInc.:pnVostro3400:pvrA10:rvnDellInc.:rn0RXV7H:rvrA10:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA10: dmi.product.name: Vostro 3400 dmi.product.version: A10 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870810 Title: Firefox 7.0.1 memory leak To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/870810/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs