Ubuntu
indicator-application package

  1. Maverick (10.10)
  2. Bug #569273
  3. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 569273

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Eloy Paris (peloy-chapus) wrote : Re: [Bug 569273] Re: memory leak in gnome-power-manager on lucid

On 05/27/2010 07:11 AM, Jason wrote:

> Is there a way to restart gnome-power-manager without restarting the
> computer? As this grows and grows in swap file usage, it becomes more
> cripping each time it randomly decides to load ALL of it's swap memory
> into system memory. For as long as this is happening, the system
> completely stops responding to input.

I sent the gnome-power-manager a HUP signal and that killed it. Then I
opened the Power Management control panel (System -> Preferences ->
Power Management) and that restarted gnome-power-manager. At least that
is what I remember I did yesterday when g-p-m was using like 200 megs of
RAM.

Cheers,

Eloy Paris.-