I did some hunting upstream. These bugs blame a bug in Xft on versions of X lacking RENDER support:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95023 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99255 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100269 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107911 These imply that the problem has been identified and will be fixed by a patch for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375319: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410461 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418302 This one suggests that it's fixed on Subversion: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532327 Other possibly relevant bugs: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97156 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97841 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118971 ** Also affects: gnome-terminal via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532327 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- gnome-terminal memory leak https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138607 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs