Comment 19 for bug 1314787

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GVS (gvscheik1-g) wrote : Re: [Bug 1314787] Re: Memory leak

No leaks since the kernel upgrade. However, I have stopped latest
updates of Network-Manager-Gnome at version 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4.2 due to
the fact that the latest update made the memory leak so bad I could not
be up for more than a couple of hours without a reboot.

Being that I am unwilling to install the NMG update to see if the new
kernel fixes that as well, all I can say is that "on my system" Xorg is
releasing memory now ... even though it still uses a lot... but I have
been up for over two days without a reboot and am only using 38% of my
memory ... Xorg is still the biggest hog but at least it is now
bearable. Note that I am a very heavy user so the system is run hard...
so far so good.

If you can revert back to NMG 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4.2, you can prevent an
update by both system updates and system upgrades by adding these line
to the "/etc/apt/preferences" file (if it does not exist, create it):

Package: network-manager-gnome
Pin: version 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4.2
Pin-Priority: -1

Package: libnm-gtk-common
Pin: version 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4.2
Pin-Priority: -1

Package: libnm-gtk0
Pin: version 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4.2
Pin-Priority: -1

Use Timeshift <https://launchpad.net/%7Eteejee2008/+archive/ubuntu/ppa>
to back up your setup and try the kernel update. With the above config
my system is doing OK now.

Good luck!

Gordon VS
<email address hidden>

On 14-08-15 01:22 AM, Pekka Kola wrote:
> @GVS (gvscheik1-g)
>
> Is you system still up and running without leaks? I have got
> 3.11.0-20-generic and the leak is there. I just wonder why Canonic is
> not interested at all this major bug.
>