Public bug reported: Since 2 days (it started before upgrade to 12.10), out of the blue, thunderbird started consuming all available memory from startup. It happened on 2 machines independently (with the same email accounts). It may be a race condition caused by some email.
I hoped to get some debugging info by running 'ubuntu-bug <pid-of- running-thunderbird>'. Not sure if the information collected is sufficient. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: thunderbird 15.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.18-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20120911223312 Date: Sat Sep 15 17:26:06 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=Safe Mode/Safe Mode (Out of date) SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-15 (0 days ago) ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051175 Title: thunderbird increases memory from startup until whole system freezes because of lack of memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1051175/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs