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  1. Yakkety (16.10)
  2. Bug #1635577
  3. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 1635577

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Gilles Gagniard (gilles-gagniard) wrote :

I think I've got a working workaround :

- apt install appmenu-qt5
- in your ~/.profile, add 'export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=appmenu-qt5'
- reload your session

No more memory leak for me, but I've only applied that a couple of hours ago, so I'm not 100% sure yet.

If this is confirmed, it means the culprit is the new native Qt5 dbus appmenu/indicator support in yakkety, while in xenial and before an external plugin called 'appmenu-qt5' was used for the integration of Qt5 menus in Unity.

More information about this change here :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/+bug/1612767

Unfortunately it seems this old plugin is going the way of the dodo in zesty : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appmenu-qt5/+bug/1634941