leaking pixmaps
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
I first noticed this in Firefox. I thought it was related to https:/
When I open a page containing large numbers of images, memory does balloon, as described. However, when I close that tab, not all memory is returned: about 1-2 megs remains. Opening, browsing, and closing dozens of tabs can quickly lose hundreds of megs. Even if I return to a single empty tab, this apparently "leaked" memory is never returned.
This does not just happen in Firefox, but in fact in anything that caches pixmap data apparently. I also tried in web browsers Epiphany and Opera, but noticed the same behaviour in Nautilus when looking at directories with a large number of images or videos that get thumbnails.
I have an ATI Radeon 9000 card, and a colleague mentioned he'd had memory leak problems with the ATI driver when he had a Radeon 9800. This may be related.
Hopefully I've provided enough information
Changed in flashplugin-nonfree: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in fglrx-installer: | |
status: | Invalid → New |
When you kill the browser the memory is released, right?