BugBuddy should not run if the system is swapping
Bug #70637 reported by
Steve Alexander
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Bug Buddy |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
bug-buddy (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
My edgy machine was swapping, a lot, because I was running a memory-hungry python script.
Working in a terminal, I accidentally hit F1 as I was trying to kill the script on a very slow-responding system. The system tried to run the gnome help application. It didn't run properly, maybe because of the lack of memory. But, the issue was made worse because bug-buddy insisted on hooking gdb into the process thus keeping both it and bug-buddy around.
So, I'd like to suggest that there is no point in bug-buddy running when an application has failed due to lack of memory, and that bug-buddy should take a look to see if the system is swapping a lot before deciding if it should actually run.
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Thank you for your bug. What signal has been sent to the process? Do you suggest to not catch segfaults when the system load is too high?