Public bug reported: Recent updates of unity and hud break performance. Reproducable. Firefox in full screen mode. Move the mouse cursor over the menus fast, click here and there a menu entry. Firefox becomes unresponsive due to increase of memory usage from hud- and unity-service. It takes about 2:50 minutes until firefox is responsive again. (video) The video also reveals that bug 933615 is back.
compiz-core: Installed: 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 0 ~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i VGA -A2 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f] Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:174b] Kernel driver in use: radeon ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,imgjpeg,decor,regex,text,move,winrules,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,vpswitch,gnomecompat,obs,imgpng,grid,cube,place,resize,ring,workarounds,scale,screenshot,expo,rotate,ezoom,unitymtgrabhandles,unityshell] Date: Mon Mar 26 02:04:37 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120204) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug hud precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964893 Title: hud- and unity-service increase memory usage and freeze firefox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/964893/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs