Please can you run 'apport-collect 1376283' (ideally when your system is experiencing the issue).
Also, assuming you have not created any jobs yourself that might contain confidential information (?), it would be extremely useful if you could run the following when experiencing the problem and attach upstart.state.gz to this report: $ wget http://people.canonical.com/~jhunt/upstart/scripts/get_state.sh $ sh ./get_state.sh | json_pp | json_pp | gzip -9 > /tmp/upstart.state.gz Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1376283 Title: Process of "init --user" gradually eats all RAM then the system starts using swap and hangs. Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Process of "init --user" gradually eats all RAM then the system starts using swap and hangs. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: upstart 1.12.1-0ubuntu4.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Oct 1 18:06:48 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-09 (325 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016) SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-07-20 (72 days ago) UpstartBugCategory: Session UpstartRunningSessionCount: 2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.12.1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1376283/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp