Public bug reported: When first started, rhythmbox's rhythmbox-metadata process tends to grab all available memory (up to 1.1 GB) for a few seconds, then releases everything for a while. Then it slowly creeps up to 1.1 GB again. This repeats indefinitely until I manually kill the offending process, at which point it respawns, although no longer taking up more than 10 MB.
System: Ubuntu 12.10 with all updates installed; 64-bit $ apt-cache policy rhythmbox rhythmbox: Installed: 2.97-1ubuntu5 Candidate: 2.97-1ubuntu5 Version table: *** 2.97-1ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080041 Title: rhythmbox-metadata process constantly fills ALL of the memory, then drops to 1% until killed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1080041/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs