Chromium hang up my laptop when over 70% of the RAM is used !

[Hadrien Dussuel]

Binary package hint: chromium-browser

Hi,

Over a clean 10.10 install, ubuntu takes approx 500mb of RAM on my laptop (which have 2go). When, for some reasons, i use more than approximatively 70% of the RAM AND IF chromium-browser is launched, my pc begin to hang up really hard. Everything became unresponsive and the mouse act really slowly.

I have made some kind of diagnostic to find it comes from chromium by launching the following program:
- Virtualbox / qemu (over 800mb)
- Some java programs (over 300mb)

Basicaly, the RAM in charge is over 1.3 / 1.5go.

Test 1: Launching Chromium-browser
Result: Hang up the computer until my patience force me to hard reboot

Test 2: Launching midori or firefox
Result: The pc is a bit slower because the ram is full and the swap is used BUT everything is responsible.

Test 3: Launching Vbox and java after chromium
Result: Hang up the computer...

Moreover, i've noticed chromium use over 400mb of memory with the current maverick build.

I use Ubuntu 10.10 amd64, with an ASUS X53Sa, Intel Core2Duo and 2go RAM and 1go of SWAP.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: chromium-browser 6.0.472.63~r59945-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
ChromiumPrefs: browser/check_default_browser = **unset** (no such key yet)
Date: Sun Oct 31 10:50:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
chromium-default:
 # Default settings for chromium-browser. This file is sourced by /bin/sh from
 # /usr/bin/chromium-browser

 # Options to pass to chromium-browser
 CHROMIUM_FLAGS=""

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Closing due to the last update to this bug being almost 7 years old. Please file a new bug if this still applies to recent releases of chromium-browser.