Marking this as fixed. With recent updates, it needed a reboot which disabled unity (it's plugin was disabled in ccsm). Imported the backup .profile file on user account and since then unable to reproduce a firefox freeze by playing with appmenu. unity: Installed: 5.8.0-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 5.8.0-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 5.8.0-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
compiz-core: Installed: 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** Changed in: unity Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/964893 Title: hud- and unity-service increase memory usage and freeze firefox Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Recent updates of unity and hud break performance. Reproducable. Firefox in full screen mode. Move the mouse cursor over the menus fast, click here and there a menu entry. Firefox becomes unresponsive due to increase of memory usage from hud- and unity-service. It takes about 2:50 minutes until firefox is responsive again. (video) The video also reveals that bug 933615 is back. compiz-core: Installed: 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 0 ~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i VGA -A2 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f] Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:174b] Kernel driver in use: radeon ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,imgjpeg,decor,regex,text,move,winrules,compiztoolbox,mousepoll,vpswitch,gnomecompat,obs,imgpng,grid,cube,place,resize,ring,workarounds,scale,screenshot,expo,rotate,ezoom,unitymtgrabhandles,unityshell] Date: Mon Mar 26 02:04:37 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120204) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/964893/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp