Activity log for bug #569273

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku bug added bug
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added BootDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139105/BootDmesg.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added CurrentDmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139106/CurrentDmesg.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139107/Dependencies.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added DevkitPower.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139108/DevkitPower.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added GConfNonDefault.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139109/GConfNonDefault.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added Lspci.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139110/Lspci.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added Lsusb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139111/Lsusb.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added ProcCpuinfo.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139112/ProcCpuinfo.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added ProcInterrupts.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139113/ProcInterrupts.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added ProcModules.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139114/ProcModules.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added UdevDb.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139115/UdevDb.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added UdevLog.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139116/UdevLog.txt
2010-04-24 02:38:12 scottku attachment added gnome-power-bugreport.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45139117/gnome-power-bugreport.txt
2010-05-18 03:01:24 Justin Lebar attachment added out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48635684/out
2010-05-18 03:11:41 Justin Lebar bug watch added https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618952
2010-05-18 22:52:47 scottku attachment added 1.5 hour run of gpm in valgrind with dbgsym http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48685406/gpm.log
2010-05-19 14:52:41 scottku attachment added 11 hour run of gpm in valgrind with show-reachable http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48727458/gpm-reachable.log
2010-05-20 11:38:12 Ken VanDine affects gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) indicator-application (Ubuntu)
2010-05-20 11:38:46 Ken VanDine indicator-application (Ubuntu): assignee Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
2010-05-20 11:38:52 Ken VanDine indicator-application (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2010-05-20 12:42:21 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~ubuntu-desktop/indicator-application/ubuntu
2010-05-21 03:02:17 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~indicator-applet-developers/indicator-application/lucid
2010-06-01 09:54:57 Martin Pitt nominated for series Ubuntu Lucid
2010-06-01 09:54:57 Martin Pitt bug task added indicator-application (Ubuntu Lucid)
2010-06-01 09:54:57 Martin Pitt nominated for series Ubuntu Maverick
2010-06-01 09:54:57 Martin Pitt bug task added indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick)
2010-06-01 09:55:19 Martin Pitt indicator-application (Ubuntu Lucid): status New Fix Committed
2010-06-01 09:55:26 Martin Pitt tags amd64 apport-bug lucid amd64 apport-bug lucid verification-needed
2010-06-17 23:42:47 Ben Gamari indicator-application (Ubuntu Lucid): status Fix Committed Confirmed
2010-06-18 07:31:10 Simon B attachment added valgrindlog http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50527616/valgrindlog
2010-06-20 17:35:22 Zach R removed subscriber Zach R
2010-06-22 15:01:33 Jean-Baptiste Lallement tags amd64 apport-bug lucid verification-needed amd64 apport-bug lucid verification-failed
2010-06-22 15:05:29 Jean-Baptiste Lallement description Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager gnome-power-manager (2.30.0-0ubuntu1) seems to have a memory leak my machine running Lucid. I witnessed it using up to 120MB in the RES column according to "top". My machine is 64 bit and is connected to a APC uninterruptible power supply. I haven't yet tried unplugging it to see if the UPS is somehow related to this problem. Another person reported a similar problem in bug #196688 comment 25. Opening a new bug seemed like a good idea since that bug was fixed 2 years ago. Here is some information for what gnome-power-manager looks like after running for a long period of time (from /proc/`pidof gnome-power-manager`/smaps): 0147b000-08810000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 118356 kB Rss: 118188 kB Pss: 118188 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 118188 kB Referenced: 118020 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I rebooted my machine and let it sit at the login screen. I logged via ssh and found that gnome-power-manager was using the following: 01f6e000-02075000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 1052 kB Rss: 944 kB Pss: 944 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 944 kB Referenced: 944 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I logged out of my ssh session and didn't touch the machine until 5 and 1/2 hours later---and I logged in again remotely with ssh to check on gnome-power-manager and found: 01f6e000-02e5d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 15292 kB Rss: 15280 kB Pss: 15280 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 15280 kB Referenced: 15280 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 23 22:23:32 2010 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No MachineType: DELL Inc. XPS 730X ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=e3f32a1f-7be3-45c9-9096-fa696ad50df3 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: DELL INC. dmi.bios.version: 1.0.5 dmi.board.name: 0P270J dmi.board.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDELLINC.:bvr1.0.5:bd07/16/2009:svnDELLInc.:pnXPS730X:pvr00:rvnDELLInc.:rn0P270J:rvrA00:cvnDELLInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 730X dmi.product.version: 00 dmi.sys.vendor: DELL Inc. TEST CASE: (at the beginning because it's a long post): 1. Monitor the output of the command for a few hours $ watch -n1 'grep heap -A11 /proc/$( pidof gnome-power-manager )/smaps' VERIFICATION SUCCEEDED: - Memory usage is stable over time DESCRIPTION: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager gnome-power-manager (2.30.0-0ubuntu1) seems to have a memory leak my machine running Lucid. I witnessed it using up to 120MB in the RES column according to "top". My machine is 64 bit and is connected to a APC uninterruptible power supply. I haven't yet tried unplugging it to see if the UPS is somehow related to this problem. Another person reported a similar problem in bug #196688 comment 25. Opening a new bug seemed like a good idea since that bug was fixed 2 years ago. Here is some information for what gnome-power-manager looks like after running for a long period of time (from /proc/`pidof gnome-power-manager`/smaps): 0147b000-08810000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 118356 kB Rss: 118188 kB Pss: 118188 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 118188 kB Referenced: 118020 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I rebooted my machine and let it sit at the login screen. I logged via ssh and found that gnome-power-manager was using the following: 01f6e000-02075000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 1052 kB Rss: 944 kB Pss: 944 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 944 kB Referenced: 944 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I logged out of my ssh session and didn't touch the machine until 5 and 1/2 hours later---and I logged in again remotely with ssh to check on gnome-power-manager and found: 01f6e000-02e5d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 15292 kB Rss: 15280 kB Pss: 15280 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 15280 kB Referenced: 15280 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 23 22:23:32 2010 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No MachineType: DELL Inc. XPS 730X ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=e3f32a1f-7be3-45c9-9096-fa696ad50df3 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron:  PATH=(custom, user)  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: DELL INC. dmi.bios.version: 1.0.5 dmi.board.name: 0P270J dmi.board.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDELLINC.:bvr1.0.5:bd07/16/2009:svnDELLInc.:pnXPS730X:pvr00:rvnDELLInc.:rn0P270J:rvrA00:cvnDELLInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 730X dmi.product.version: 00 dmi.sys.vendor: DELL Inc.
2010-06-25 07:54:20 David Barth bug task added indicator-application
2010-06-25 07:54:56 David Barth indicator-application: importance Undecided Medium
2010-06-25 07:54:56 David Barth indicator-application: assignee Ted Gould (ted)
2010-06-25 07:56:57 David Barth indicator-application: milestone maverick-alpha-2
2010-06-25 14:06:21 Ted Gould indicator-application: status New Fix Released
2010-06-29 14:17:06 papukaija removed subscriber papukaija
2010-07-07 02:54:03 scottku bug task added gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu)
2010-07-12 12:50:20 Dave V bug watch added https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624082
2010-07-14 01:45:35 Jakob Unterwurzacher bug added subscriber Jakob Unterwurzacher
2010-07-19 18:39:46 Felipe Morales bug added subscriber Felipe Morales
2010-07-26 18:23:43 papukaija tags amd64 apport-bug lucid verification-failed amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick verification-failed
2010-07-26 18:24:20 papukaija summary memory leak in gnome-power-manager on lucid memory leak in gnome-power-manager
2010-07-28 07:49:47 Martin Pitt indicator-application: status Fix Released Confirmed
2010-07-28 07:49:58 Martin Pitt tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick verification-failed amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick
2010-08-02 07:46:39 Sense Egbert Hofstede indicator-application (Ubuntu Lucid): status Confirmed Triaged
2010-08-02 07:46:46 Sense Egbert Hofstede indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick): status New Triaged
2010-08-02 07:46:51 Sense Egbert Hofstede indicator-application (Ubuntu Lucid): importance Undecided Medium
2010-08-04 15:38:57 Ted Gould indicator-application: assignee Ted Gould (ted) Karl Lattimer (karl-qdh)
2010-08-14 15:29:56 mukesh agrawal bug added subscriber mukesh agrawal
2010-08-15 03:37:23 Brownout bug added subscriber Brownout
2010-08-26 20:51:02 Marcus Carlson bug added subscriber Marcus Carlson
2010-08-29 11:46:19 Mary Gardiner bug added subscriber Mary Gardiner
2010-09-09 17:32:18 Olivier Naudan bug added subscriber Olivier Naudan
2010-09-09 17:34:52 Olivier Naudan bug added subscriber TI OMAP Developers
2010-09-10 00:49:26 Ayan George bug added subscriber Ayan George
2010-09-14 02:29:58 FMaz bug added subscriber FMaz
2010-09-14 23:34:18 Marc D. bug added subscriber Marc A. Donges
2010-09-15 08:55:36 Karl Lattimer indicator-application: status Confirmed In Progress
2010-09-15 13:58:17 Karl Lattimer attachment added Valgrind log https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1588454/+files/gpm-valgrind.log
2010-09-15 14:33:23 Karl Lattimer branch linked lp:~ted/dbusmenu/hashtable_free
2010-09-17 22:07:46 Scott Brown bug added subscriber Scott Brown
2010-09-22 07:34:28 Gergely Csépány bug added subscriber cheoppy
2010-09-22 09:31:46 Karl Lattimer attachment added menu testing app https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1621727/+files/menu-test.tar.bz2
2010-09-22 18:47:12 Nicholas J Kreucher removed subscriber Nicholas J Kreucher
2010-09-24 09:50:48 Didier Roche-Tolomelli indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick): status Triaged Fix Released
2010-09-24 09:51:44 Didier Roche-Tolomelli indicator-application: status In Progress Fix Released
2010-09-24 11:00:09 Didier Roche-Tolomelli gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Maverick): status New Invalid
2010-09-24 11:00:22 Didier Roche-Tolomelli gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): status New Invalid
2010-09-25 15:43:26 Eyad Salah attachment added Memory consumption as shown in the gnome-system-monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1635268/+files/Screenshot2.jpg
2010-09-25 22:15:45 Scott Brown removed subscriber Scott Brown
2010-09-27 18:22:40 Eyad Salah attachment added gnome-power-manager.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1645239/+files/gnome-power-manager.log
2010-09-28 15:04:11 Simon B attachment added outfile.valgrind https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1649080/+files/outfile.valgrind
2010-10-02 21:15:43 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/lucid-proposed/indicator-application
2010-10-09 20:46:00 Jeremy Nickurak bug added subscriber Jeremy Nickurak
2010-10-15 23:41:15 Richard Ayotte attachment added gnome-power-manager.valgrind.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1695780/+files/gnome-power-manager.valgrind.gz
2010-10-16 12:02:37 Kari Hautio bug added subscriber Kari Hautio
2010-10-23 06:33:21 Simon B attachment added valgrind.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1707693/+files/valgrind.log
2010-10-24 00:50:06 scottku indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick): status Fix Released Confirmed
2010-10-24 00:54:52 Simon B attachment added menu-test.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1708744/+files/menu-test.tar.gz
2010-10-24 19:21:50 David Fred bug added subscriber David Fred
2010-10-26 15:17:48 Davorin Šego bug added subscriber Davorin Šego
2010-10-28 11:14:56 Antonio Flores bug added subscriber Antonio Flores
2010-11-03 18:47:44 Nahuel bug added subscriber Nahuel
2010-11-12 12:02:53 Soos Gergely bug added subscriber Soos Gergely
2010-11-12 13:53:20 Ken VanDine indicator-application (Ubuntu): assignee Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
2010-11-12 13:53:27 Ken VanDine indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick): assignee Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
2010-11-12 14:10:08 Kurt Peterschmidt removed subscriber Kurt Peterschmidt
2010-11-17 17:09:07 Guillaume Giroux bug added subscriber Guillaume Giroux
2010-11-24 16:57:23 Basil James Whitehouse III bug added subscriber Basil James Whitehouse III
2010-11-25 11:46:51 Richard Ayotte bug added subscriber Richard Ayotte
2010-12-02 12:54:27 Jörn Dreyer bug added subscriber Jörn Dreyer
2010-12-08 21:42:29 Aaron Haviland attachment added 15-bug569273-leak.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/569273/+attachment/1760173/+files/15-bug569273-leak.patch
2010-12-08 21:49:34 Aaron Haviland bug added subscriber Aaron Haviland
2010-12-14 16:55:13 Wirawan Purwanto bug added subscriber Wirawan Purwanto
2010-12-27 16:04:11 Montana Harkin bug added subscriber Montana Harkin
2011-01-17 15:24:46 Will Daniels gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Maverick): status Invalid Confirmed
2011-01-17 19:59:41 laurent bug added subscriber laurent
2011-01-20 12:21:14 Chad Wagner bug added subscriber Chad Wagner
2011-01-22 10:53:06 Liam bug added subscriber Slogsweep
2011-01-24 19:47:45 Aaron Clark bug added subscriber Aaron Clark
2011-01-27 01:57:07 getnuked bug added subscriber BlueBuntu
2011-01-30 15:33:58 David Tomaschik bug added subscriber David Tomaschik
2011-02-02 11:25:10 Martin Habovštiak bug added subscriber Martin Habovštiak
2011-02-02 11:42:49 Olivier Naudan removed subscriber Olivier Naudan
2011-02-19 00:30:44 Arno Peters bug added subscriber Arno Peters
2011-03-09 14:13:20 Moritz Naumann bug added subscriber Moritz Naumann
2011-03-12 02:35:13 Aaron Roydhouse bug added subscriber Aaron Roydhouse
2011-03-14 13:38:30 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~mterry/libappindicator/fix-menu-leak
2011-03-14 14:12:08 Michael Terry bug added subscriber Michael Terry
2011-03-16 18:43:45 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:~indicator-applet-developers/libappindicator/ubuntu
2011-03-16 19:47:35 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu): status Invalid Won't Fix
2011-03-16 19:47:40 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Maverick): status Confirmed Triaged
2011-03-16 19:57:11 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): status Invalid Won't Fix
2011-03-16 20:00:46 Michael Terry description TEST CASE: (at the beginning because it's a long post): 1. Monitor the output of the command for a few hours $ watch -n1 'grep heap -A11 /proc/$( pidof gnome-power-manager )/smaps' VERIFICATION SUCCEEDED: - Memory usage is stable over time DESCRIPTION: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager gnome-power-manager (2.30.0-0ubuntu1) seems to have a memory leak my machine running Lucid. I witnessed it using up to 120MB in the RES column according to "top". My machine is 64 bit and is connected to a APC uninterruptible power supply. I haven't yet tried unplugging it to see if the UPS is somehow related to this problem. Another person reported a similar problem in bug #196688 comment 25. Opening a new bug seemed like a good idea since that bug was fixed 2 years ago. Here is some information for what gnome-power-manager looks like after running for a long period of time (from /proc/`pidof gnome-power-manager`/smaps): 0147b000-08810000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 118356 kB Rss: 118188 kB Pss: 118188 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 118188 kB Referenced: 118020 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I rebooted my machine and let it sit at the login screen. I logged via ssh and found that gnome-power-manager was using the following: 01f6e000-02075000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 1052 kB Rss: 944 kB Pss: 944 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 944 kB Referenced: 944 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I logged out of my ssh session and didn't touch the machine until 5 and 1/2 hours later---and I logged in again remotely with ssh to check on gnome-power-manager and found: 01f6e000-02e5d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 15292 kB Rss: 15280 kB Pss: 15280 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 15280 kB Referenced: 15280 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 23 22:23:32 2010 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No MachineType: DELL Inc. XPS 730X ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=e3f32a1f-7be3-45c9-9096-fa696ad50df3 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron:  PATH=(custom, user)  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: DELL INC. dmi.bios.version: 1.0.5 dmi.board.name: 0P270J dmi.board.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDELLINC.:bvr1.0.5:bd07/16/2009:svnDELLInc.:pnXPS730X:pvr00:rvnDELLInc.:rn0P270J:rvrA00:cvnDELLInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 730X dmi.product.version: 00 dmi.sys.vendor: DELL Inc. ==== 10.10 SRU ==== I'm requesting a backported fix for 10.10's gnome-power-manager based on the menu leak I found in 11.04. It's a simple one-line change, only affecting gnome-power-manager (rather than fixing root cause in libappindicator, because that potentially may adversely affect consumers that worked around it, though we know of none). gnome-power-manager is seemingly the worst offender, so it gets special treatment. Test case right below. Watch memory use for a bit. It may go up for a few minutes, but then stabilizes. Debdiff to follow, it's already been uploaded to maverick-proposed. =================== TEST CASE: (at the beginning because it's a long post): 1. Monitor the output of the command for a few hours   $ watch -n1 'grep heap -A11 /proc/$( pidof gnome-power-manager )/smaps' VERIFICATION SUCCEEDED: - Memory usage is stable over time DESCRIPTION: Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager gnome-power-manager (2.30.0-0ubuntu1) seems to have a memory leak my machine running Lucid. I witnessed it using up to 120MB in the RES column according to "top". My machine is 64 bit and is connected to a APC uninterruptible power supply. I haven't yet tried unplugging it to see if the UPS is somehow related to this problem. Another person reported a similar problem in bug #196688 comment 25. Opening a new bug seemed like a good idea since that bug was fixed 2 years ago. Here is some information for what gnome-power-manager looks like after running for a long period of time (from /proc/`pidof gnome-power-manager`/smaps): 0147b000-08810000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 118356 kB Rss: 118188 kB Pss: 118188 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 118188 kB Referenced: 118020 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I rebooted my machine and let it sit at the login screen. I logged via ssh and found that gnome-power-manager was using the following: 01f6e000-02075000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 1052 kB Rss: 944 kB Pss: 944 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 944 kB Referenced: 944 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB I logged out of my ssh session and didn't touch the machine until 5 and 1/2 hours later---and I logged in again remotely with ssh to check on gnome-power-manager and found: 01f6e000-02e5d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] Size: 15292 kB Rss: 15280 kB Pss: 15280 kB Shared_Clean: 0 kB Shared_Dirty: 0 kB Private_Clean: 0 kB Private_Dirty: 15280 kB Referenced: 15280 kB Swap: 0 kB KernelPageSize: 4 kB MMUPageSize: 4 kB ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gnome-power-manager 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 23 22:23:32 2010 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GnomeSessionSuspendInhibited: No MachineType: DELL Inc. XPS 730X ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=e3f32a1f-7be3-45c9-9096-fa696ad50df3 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron:  PATH=(custom, user)  LANG=en_US.UTF-8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-power-manager dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: DELL INC. dmi.bios.version: 1.0.5 dmi.board.name: 0P270J dmi.board.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: DELL Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDELLINC.:bvr1.0.5:bd07/16/2009:svnDELLInc.:pnXPS730X:pvr00:rvnDELLInc.:rn0P270J:rvrA00:cvnDELLInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 730X dmi.product.version: 00 dmi.sys.vendor: DELL Inc.
2011-03-16 20:01:24 Michael Terry attachment added gpm-leak.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-application/+bug/569273/+attachment/1912891/+files/gpm-leak.debdiff
2011-03-16 20:15:43 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/libappindicator
2011-03-16 21:45:35 Ted Gould bug task added unity-foundations
2011-03-16 21:53:19 Ted Gould unity-foundations: assignee Michael Terry (mterry)
2011-03-30 20:56:22 Martin Pitt gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Maverick): status Triaged Fix Committed
2011-03-30 20:56:30 Martin Pitt tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick verification-needed
2011-03-30 21:17:15 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/maverick-proposed/gnome-power-manager
2011-04-03 22:26:19 Martin Pitt tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick verification-needed amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick verification-done
2011-04-07 21:43:52 Launchpad Janitor gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Maverick): status Fix Committed Fix Released
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2011-09-19 21:14:29 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick verification-done amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick testcase verification-done
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2012-02-29 15:47:01 Joe le Kiffeur gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): assignee Joe le Kiffeur (joelekiffeur)
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2012-04-23 21:12:14 Dominik Stadler bug added subscriber Dominik Stadler
2012-05-03 10:16:16 JC Hulce indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick): status Confirmed Invalid
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2012-09-25 14:03:17 Michael Terry indicator-application (Ubuntu Maverick): status Invalid Won't Fix
2012-09-25 14:03:23 Michael Terry indicator-application (Ubuntu Lucid): status Triaged Won't Fix
2012-09-25 14:03:29 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): status Won't Fix Confirmed
2012-09-25 14:03:35 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): assignee Michael Terry (mterry)
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2012-11-27 02:53:36 Adam Conrad gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2012-11-27 02:53:44 Adam Conrad tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick testcase verification-done amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick testcase
2012-11-27 02:53:46 Adam Conrad tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick testcase amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick testcase verification-needed
2012-11-27 03:22:06 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/lucid-proposed/gnome-power-manager
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2013-02-28 17:50:22 Brian Murray tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick testcase verification-needed amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick removal-candidate testcase verification-needed
2013-06-19 18:37:32 Gennadiy gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu): assignee Gennadiy (gen-pover)
2013-09-20 13:43:51 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): assignee Michael Terry (mterry)
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2013-10-29 15:25:54 Michael Terry gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu Lucid): status Fix Committed Won't Fix
2014-06-30 19:24:01 Mathew Hodson tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick removal-candidate testcase verification-needed amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick removal-candidate testcase
2014-07-16 01:49:36 JC Hulce removed subscriber JC Hulce
2014-08-29 07:23:59 Mathew Hodson tags amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick removal-candidate testcase amd64 apport-bug lucid maverick removal-candidate testcase verification-failed
2014-09-10 16:01:17 Mathew Hodson bug watch removed https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618952
2014-09-10 16:01:45 Mathew Hodson bug watch removed https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624082
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2014-11-05 07:07:41 Mathew Hodson branch unlinked lp:~ubuntu-desktop/indicator-application/ubuntu
2015-02-04 17:21:04 Mathew Hodson gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu): assignee Gennadiy (gen-pover)