[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-16 Thread WindTux
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => unity (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-14 Thread Amr Ibrahim
The Xenial task was 'Fix Released' by mistake. Please revert back to 'Confirmed'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-07 Thread tomsk
If is it possible I would like to downgrade unity/gnome to Ubuntu 15.10 version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-07 Thread WindTux
with KDE Neon there are not problems of Excessive consumption... is unity or gnome 3.18 the problem... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-07 Thread tomsk
So where is fix? There is no fix release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-06 Thread Scott Mackay
Where is this "fix"? I know it isn't bootchart, because bootchart isn't on any of my installations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-06 Thread tomsk
Fixed? Haha made my day :D -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux package in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-06 Thread James Baughn
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-03-02 Thread tomsk
same here :( my tests: http://askubuntu.com/questions/888509/unity- reduce-ram-usage Ubuntu is going down.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-02-20 Thread Keith
I did have bootchart installed. So I removed and purged it and went as far as moving the hidden .bootchart directory to the trash (couldn't delete it) and then restarting the computer. So far this seems to have resolved the problem for me. I'm no longer seeing the slow but steady increase in

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-02-20 Thread warren
Does Bug 1572801 have anything to do with the Upstart to systemd transition? On 02/17/2017 03:37 AM, nevergone wrote: > Somebody? > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-02-17 Thread nevergone
Somebody? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-31 Thread Marcantonio
Will 4.9 be backported to 16.04? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux package

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread Sergei
It uses less RAM than 16.10 and 16.04. Difference is about 500 MB on start and 1Gb after launching different applications. It's hard for me to compare 14.04 and 17.04, because it's 2.5 years passed. But I think moving to systemd increased RAM usage anyway. And some new versions of daemons and

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread warren
So you're saying that kernel 4.9.0 cuts ram usage to 14.04 levels which would be a reduction of about 600-700 megabytes. On 01/30/2017 12:59 PM, Сергей wrote: > For me problem is gone since upgrading kernel to 4.9.0. > You can try to get it from 17.04 repo. > -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread Сергей
For me problem is gone since upgrading kernel to 4.9.0. You can try to get it from 17.04 repo. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-30 Thread Marcantonio
This is affecting our servers, which we just upgraded to 16.04. No unity or gnome or any of that. Memory, for any application it seems, just grows more rapidly. I'm convinced this is related to the kernel. I hate to be the guy to say this, but why isn't this a bigger deal? I've tried 4.4.0-59

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-19 Thread Matt Mudrich
Wanted to chime-in and say I experience the same thing. Issue doesn't persist in Ubuntu Gnome flavor on the same hardware. Did notice some earlier posters mentioned dropbox, have noticed the latest version will consistently chew up available memory the longer the machine is on. -- You received

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-18 Thread Сергей
Confirmed. It looks like 17.04 uses less ram than 16.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-18 Thread Miguel Romão
So at this stage the best solution seems to be: wait for 17.04 and check again. Great... until then my 4 gb RAM laptop feels like last century technology... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-14 Thread david wood
I see a lot of chatter that is likely confusion related to the leak manifestations, and the false belief that eliminating X or Y memory consumer "fixed" the problem. The proper test is probably to leave a computer running, idle for 24-48 hours; if you begin swapping and running out of RAM while

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2017-01-03 Thread chris
16.04 - AMD 64bit - 4GB ram - nvidia GT610 (2GB model) I get full lock up if i run any program that is resource intensive for too long. Noted that swap was disabled for some reason. Have enabled swap (5GB) which prolonged the amount of time to lockup however it still occurs. free -m repeated

Re: [Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-12-06 Thread Andrei B.
I decided to try Fedora 25 Gnome. 4 GB of RAM proved not enough for Chrome, this considering gnome starts already at 1.3 GB. All in all it does'n feel much different than Unity in mem usage. Xubuntu and the lighter bunch start with less ram, so Chrome has a harder time swapping. I would not care

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-12-06 Thread Ryan Karolak
Evolution is the application that Ubuntu uses for calendar, mail, and contacts. A similar program would be Mozilla's Thunderbird. It doesn't surprise me that removing it would free up some RAM, but I don't think this is necessarily the root of the problem. Removing it from other versions of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-12-05 Thread Blue Boelter
I also have this problem on my AMD 64-bit system with 4 Gb of RAM. I've read thru all the stuff above, and I still don't know what to do. I don't understand what Evolution is or what it does, so I don't know if I can remove it. I'm scared to copy/paste people's code into a Terminal, as it's

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-29 Thread Reinhard
In my test I saw following: UBUNTU 14.04 uses about 482MB memory UBUNTU 16.04 uses about 966MB memory So I reduced memory with following script, which removes software I don't need, and ended at about 660MB memory. Also boot- and login time get a little bit shorter. But I am not to happy,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-29 Thread insp
In addition to post above. The system starts swapping and became unresponsive, then OOM (Out of memory) killer starts working, killing Chrome tabs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-27 Thread insp
It's hard to work with because of this issue. Also I've found out that Google Chrome fill in all RAM with time and system starts swapping. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-24 Thread Sebastian Dominguez
I solved it removing google talk firefox extension (very old version) My 2 cents -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-24 Thread Sebastian Dominguez
I solve with removing google talk firefox extension (very old version) My 2 cents -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-24 Thread Stoyan Ivanov
16GB of DDR4 ram on a workstation. Chrome with 30 tabs plus multiple terminals and text editors = all of it full. When I used 14.04 LTS, everything was okay, 10-12GB used with a lot more chrome tabs open. Waiting for a fix for this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-12 Thread Jean Carlos
Definetly the newer kernels (non-officials) use a lot less ram memory than older one. But the problem comes with WiFi network card. In my case, I am not able to switch to kernel 4.8.6 because I loss WiFi conectivity (BCM4312 like any Dell laptop), I need to be stick to kernel 4.4.0 for now. --

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-11-11 Thread Sebastian Dominguez
In my case removing intel-microcode (propietary driver) the ram drops to 900MB (but loses performance and video in hd frezes) ** Attachment added: "Captura de pantalla de 2016-11-11 16-25-05.png"

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-12 Thread Mozg
It's got something to do with the kernel. Done a quick test using the latest kernel 4.4.0-42-generic. Restarted my pc and logged in. Opened terminal and mem usage was 1.8gb. Done the same with the latest 4.8.1 kernel from ubuntu kernels page and the usage was only 673mb. Crazy! -- You received

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-12 Thread bekou
@Khurshid Alam Well, I do confirm that adding the 4.4.0-22 kernel, there was a drop in the memory usage. Initially, the system started with 1.2 gb. I disabled evolution processes as suggested above. cd /usr/share/dbus-1/services sudo ln -snf /dev/null

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-11 Thread Khurshid Alam
Now I can confirm It's definitely the kernel. Here are my test result: Kernel RAM usage after boot --- 4.4.0-18: 600MB 4.4.0-22: 600MB 4.4.0-31: 900MB 4.4-0-38: 900MB 4.4-0-42: 1000MB 4.8-0-22:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-09 Thread rob cain
Just to add, too was experiencing high RAM usage & what appeared to be a slow but steady memory leak in Unbunti 16.04 (latest). In my case, I discovered at least part of the problem was one or more (yet to be determined) Firefox (v49.0) plugins/add-ons. People also running Firefox might like to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-08 Thread Thiago Martins
You guys can ignore my latest message (#96). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-10-07 Thread Thiago Martins
Right after booting my 16.04 (now 16.10), before even logging into Unity, I go to text console and log there... 32G of RAM being used! htop shows nothing... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-27 Thread bhartendu
Hi, I am facing the same issues. In my case gnome-shell and gnome-daemon are taking most of the memory. At one point gnome-shell was using 5.6 GB of RAM. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2016-09-27 14-55-34.png"

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-18 Thread Khurshid Alam
I have started experiencing this issue after latest kernel update. As many discovered that memory leak in evolution-data-server is one of the culprit. But even after killing all eds services the memory usage still at 800mb+ unlike trusty (500~600mb). So it is not the only reason. Btw, memory leak

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-15 Thread emdee
Just installed the new Ubuntu base that arrived as an OS update and contained a compiz upgrade - no discernible improvement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-15 Thread emdee
Well, it is good to know that others have the same problem as myself, but the comments do not all add any new information in order to help address the issue. The problem CANNOT just be a straight memory leak or CPU usage issue. I am running 16.04.1 on a 64-bit Dell I with Radeon graphics and

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-12 Thread Nuno Gonçalves
I have same problem, fresh start, uses 1.3Gb of ram. Besides can be the reason of sometimes the OS freezes, it is about 1~5min unresponsive with only gedit open or other random program. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-12 Thread Lunderhage
This bug was posted 2016-04-21. It has been marked by 75 people, high and confirmed. Today is 2016-09-12. What are we waiting for? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-09-07 Thread Romain Cambier
The seems to be related to unity since using KDE, i'm using about 700Mo when not doing anything while using 1.9 Go after 12 hours of not doing anything with unity. When closing & re-opening my unity session, the RAM drop to 800Mo and slowly increases over the time, still without doing anything!

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-29 Thread anderson
I was having a issue like that. What solved my problem was disabling (or unistall) the packet "cups-browsed". Now the RAM use is about 900MB-1GB when system Reboot and not increasing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-27 Thread fisadev
I was having the same issue: lots of RAM usage, increasing over time, even with no applications open. I uninstalled the evolution package (just that one, no other evolution-*), and the problem seems to be fixed. Still testing, but I haven't seen excessive ram usage since yesterday. -- You

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-15 Thread shivaraj naidu
I even tried Ubuntu 16.04.1 with Kernel 4.7, Unfortunately still problem is there.. after that.. I have seen gnome-system-monitor and found that gnome-software using more than 110 MiB of my RAM and Evolution services using My RAM unnecessarily .. Killing these services reduce My RAM usage so that

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-10 Thread warren
Comparison of Ubuntu 14.04.5 to Ubuntu 16.04.1 using gnome-system- monitor Ubuntu 14.04.5 compiz 79.7 MB evolution-calendar-factory 38.0 MB evolution-source-registry 4.8 MB The ubuntu-software-center uses 111MB after the program is opened but not constantly like

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-09 Thread Andy C
** Attachment added: "ram usage idle after workaround!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4717411/+files/dtop.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-09 Thread Andy C
** Attachment added: "htop ram usage (16.04.1 LTS) gnome" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4717412/+files/htop.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-09 Thread Andy C
I'm not sure what your asking or saying? but i have attached a couple of screen shots of my systems idle ram usage i understand Removing evolution completely is messy, but disabling is relatively straightforward. Of course this should have been done using dpkg divert and whatever, to not confuse

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-08 Thread warren
Ubuntu 16.04.1 Unity Desktop dpkg -s evolution dpkg-query: package 'evolution' is not installed and no information is available Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. -- You received this bug notification

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-08 Thread warren
** Attachment added: "evolution_gnome-system-monitor.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572801/+attachment/4717152/+files/evolution_gnome-system-monitor.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-08 Thread Andy C
i have found a possible fix or workaround to the problem! i installed Ubuntu gnome 16.04 and to my surprise the ram usage was at 1.2gb idle and after just opening my browser and a youtube video it shot up to about 2.3gb which was alarming to say the least, so not one to give up i went in search

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-06 Thread andresimi
unfortunately for me, upgrading to kernel 4.7 didn't solve the issue. Nor downgrading to kernels 3.13.10, 3.13.11 or 3.19. ** Attachment added: "Espaço de Trabalho 1_128.png"

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-08-03 Thread Vladyslav
Is this even a bug??? Doesn't it suppose to be like this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-31 Thread Ullas
When I use same Ubuntu 16.04 after upgrading from 14.04.1 with kernel v3.13, ram usage is normal. It increases drastically when used with kernel v4.4. If this helps in any way to the guys working on the bug fix. But please try to resolve the issue as it is a serious bug related to v4.4 I guess.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-31 Thread Ullas
When I use same Ubuntu 16.04 after upgrading from 14.04.1 with kernel v3.13, ram usage is normal. It increases drastically when used with kernel v4.4. If this helps in any way to the guys working on the bug fix. But please try to resolve the issue as it is a serious bug related to v4.4 I guess.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-29 Thread zollac
Hmmm nevermind, I think I misread the post. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-29 Thread zollac
Maybe this is the reason? (solution inside) https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/4v3ft4/why_does_ubuntu_1604_lts_use_lot_of_ram/d5v4q0f According to the post, 16.04 preloads programs in ram, and Evolution is responsible for it. I'm not sure if this is true or not though. -- You received

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-28 Thread warren
Evaluated a few other live 64bit distros with Gnome-shell and RAM usage. Kali Linux 2016.1 Kernel 4.3.0 Gnome-shell version 3.18.1-1 Gnome version 3.18.2 RAM = 713MB Fedora 24 Kernel 4.5.5-300 Gnome-Shell version 3.20-1 RAM = 1GB Solus 1.2 Kernel 4.3.0 Gnome-Shell version 3.18.1-1 RAM =

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-28 Thread warren
Maybe this will help, Bugzilla Gnome-Shell memory leak bugs: Bug 735705 Summary -Memory usage of gnome-shell increasing to X GiB (heap) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=735705 Bug 709451 -gnome-shell memory leaks https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709451 Bug 701230 - Summary:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-27 Thread Colin Ian King
I recommend using smemstat over a long period of time to capture the change in memory, for example, running smemstat to capture memory changes every 60 seconds for 120 minutes, use: sudo smemstat 60 120 -o smemstat.json smemstat will capture changes in memory and dump the data into a json file.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-27 Thread Ilja Polivanovas
I somehow feel that developers see this as a feature you have to live with not a bug. I personally had to buy hyper new PC to keep comfortably working with Ubuntu (GNOME) after upgrade. Kind of incredible turn in the world of Linux. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-27 Thread Scott Mackay
I didn't notice a difference with 16.04.01 either. I've switched most of my computers to Linux Mint 18 Mate, which doesn't have this issue even though it is based on 16.04. That OS uses about 400 MB with nothing running, but some proprietary NVIDIA drivers boost it up to about 800 MB. LM 18

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-27 Thread Rakshith
Guys I think this is a serious issue and is affecting everyone's ability to multitask. I don't think this bug is getting the attention it deserves. Is there a way to make people aware of this issue? What should I do to get more attention of devs and get this fixed? -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-24 Thread Vishal Agravat
@Reichya I have downloaded new iso 16.04.1 and installed on my Pc Still having same problem 880 to 1 gb by-default memory usage at start up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-23 Thread Rakshith
@reichyga I have upgraded to 16.04.1 (using apt dist-upgrade) and I am still running it at 1.2 GiBs on idle. So this is still not fixed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-22 Thread Reichyga
Has anyone tried if the new 16.04.1 solves the problem? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-15 Thread gopinath
Hi guys. I Upgraded to 16.04 2 days back and I am also affected by Memory issue. I own a Dell Vostro V13 with 2Gb RAM, Intel Cenrino dual Core Proc. This was working fine on the 14.04. Now the laptop becomes nearly inoperable as the memory and swap goes to 100% when I try to multi task by just

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-05 Thread Richard Stabler
Same problem. As a test I rebooted my office computer before leaving work on Friday (start 1.4G/4.4%). This computer was untouched until Tuesday morning where RAM was 17.1G (54.7%). Compiz continually using all 8 processor around the 10% mark and but apparently using only 120Mb RAM but is the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-07-01 Thread Benmekki
Same problem, just made a clean install and got up from 500mb on boot on 14.04 to 1.2Gb on 16.04 ! The same as windows.. (have 4Gb of RAM) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-29 Thread Ilias
I installed xubuntu 16.04 (clean installation) on 3 machines. Two of them have 4gb ram and duo core celeron cpu and the 3rd has only 2gb but a core duo cpu. Generally, I see that 16.04 needs more ram than 14.04 did to run the same applications. On my 3rd machine (this with 2gb ram only) many times

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-29 Thread Ingemar Lundin
Add to my post above. Just doing vanilla stuff like surfing the web, having Evolution open and watching a YT-clip drams up the RAM to 2-3 GB with no noticeable or unusual activity in system monitor. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-29 Thread Ingemar Lundin
A very real problem. One hour idle from boot, RAM usage is 1,2-1,8 GB RAM compared to 15.10 with 700-900 MB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-28 Thread Alexander
Ubuntu 16.04 Unity I don't have bootchart app and i do this: sudo apt-get install bootchart > reboot > sudo apt-get purge bootchart > reboot it helped me cope with the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-20 Thread Goth Queen
Although the title refers to Unity specifically, I'm afraid I have to submit a "me too" for Xubuntu 16.04. Coming from 14.04 I definitely have to report that the "light, non-fat" flavour became more heavy footed. We've some legacy systems that now use significantly more CPU and RAM (50% of 1.5G,

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-18 Thread Сергей
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B606TXZytQYYUTJJRU9UM0RudTQ/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B606TXZytQYYMkgwQWYzTHBhWHc/view?usp=sharing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-11 Thread shantanu saha
I have found this issue in Ubuntu-gnome environment too. Unity and Gnome-shell both are affected by this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-04 Thread Rakshith
This badly needs to be fixed before 16.04.1, the first point release, rolls out. I'm willing to perform any kind of testing that is required to find the source of this issue. Devs, please do let us know how we can help -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-04 Thread Сергей
I have virtualbox installed too, and i think problem comes from virtualbox package. I figured out that my ubuntu uses more ram after statring and shutting downs virtualbox vm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-04 Thread Mark Mbirira
Hey there? how does someone fix this. !6.04 is using about 89% of my "little" 4GB of ram. I use virtualbox often and since it was smooth on 14.04 i dont think it's much of a bother here. My swap of 1gb is also being used up; surprised beacuse I never used it before -- You received this bug

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-06-01 Thread Scott Mackay
Here's a screenshot with various diagnostic windows up. It looks like /dev/core is the culprit for me since my hdd is 1T but the process says it is 140.7TB in size, the link goes to /proc/kcore but using sudo rm /proc/kcore results in a message "Operation not Permitted" in the terminal. However

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-31 Thread Scott Mackay
I don't have a bootchart app either. Just in case I tried in terminal $ sudo rm /dev/.bootchart however there was no such file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-31 Thread Сергей
I don't have bootchart app, still 5GB after 1 week uptime. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-31 Thread Jacek Kończewski
All of you - try solution from: http://askubuntu.com/q/762717 A bootchart app is making mess in /dev/.bootchart hidden folder. If you have a bootchart app - try to remove it and check again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
In case that (#45, increasing RAM use) is related, I'm linking to this new report of it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1585598 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-25 Thread Christopher Barrington-Leigh
No one else has mentioned this symptom: While left idle, memory usage steadily creeps up even without anything going on. In a couple of hours or less, htop shows 16GB of RAM in use (and still slowly climbing), even though the applications, sorted by RAM usage, don't seem to account for that

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-25 Thread Ilja Polivanovas
Again. I face same problems with Gnome. So I still believe the problem is not connected to Unity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-24 Thread Antoine Polatouche
Testing with kernel 4.6.0 64bit. Open windows : Terminal, system monitor and Firefox (one tab : http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.6-yakkety/). mysqld is using less than 100Mo at startup, Firefox 140Mo. A few minutes later, without activity mysqld is using 807.2Mo ** Changed in:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-24 Thread Rakshith
@Antonie @Joseph Like @huizache says, maybe it is an Unity issue? Perhaps the kernel has nothing to do with it. I'm on a slow net connection now and am downloading Ubuntu MATE desktop. I'll check and revert back to confirm the memory usage once it downloads -- You received this bug notification

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-24 Thread Antoine Polatouche
** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572801 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10 Status in linux

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-24 Thread huizache
I am not sure this is a kernel issue. A few days after posting #17 I added MATE desktop and removed all Unity applications and the problem was resolved, with exactly the same daily usage schema. I enjoy Unity but needed a usefull machine. Now my average memory usage is 22% out of 4GB (867MB)

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-24 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v4.6 kernel[0]. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. If the mainline kernel does not fix

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1572801] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 Unity desktop uses much more ram than Ubuntu 15.10

2016-05-24 Thread Sebastien Bacher
doesn't seem to be an issue with the unity shell process but rather with memory management, reassigning to the kernel ** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a