Comment 11 for bug 138607

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JP Foster (jeepster) wrote : Re: [Bug 138607] Re: gnome-terminal memory leak

On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 17:10 +0000, Simetrical wrote:
> That option was already off for me. I don't know if this is precisely
> the same issue, but I have observed that it seems to use an inordinate
> amount of memory. I previously had a maximum scrollback size of 100000
> lines, which works out to 62 MB per tab, but my memory usage went a lot
> over that after prolonged use with about four tabs open at any given
> time, and didn't drop when I closed the tabs.

I have similar setup. it ate up all the memory, unchecking the assistive
tech seemed to fix it. I'll try turning it back on and see if the
problem is still there. It could be fixed and your problem is totally
unrelated.