Public bug reported:
1) Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
2) procps:
Installed: 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
Candidate: 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) Sorting by `USED` in `top` will produce a list of programs that are
sorted in descending order of total memory use.
4) Sorting by `USED` in `top` will produce a list of programs that are
seemingly randomly sorted.
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Procedure:
1) Run `top`.
2) Press uppercase F.
3) Press up arrow or down arrow until you get to USED.
4) Press space to get USED to show up on the main screen.
5) Press lowercase s to sort by USED.
6) Press lowercase q to go back to the main screen.
7) Note that the sorting isn't done properly.
Example output:
2 PID PPID S %MEM USED RES SWAP SHR VIRT COMMAND
18783 1645 S 9.3 263736 189680 74056 58776 1297844 chrome
1511 1509 S 0.2 98772 3468 95304 0 712504 FAHClient
18856 18796 S 6.5 160712 132384 28328 19356 1109696 chrome
18816 18783 S 2.8 102516 57248 45268 17976 1117556 chrome
18851 18796 S 5.2 137308 106624 30684 25080 894612 chrome
1167 1148 S 2.3 82984 46836 36148 7416 433728 Xorg
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: procps 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 20 23:18:42 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: procps
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Title:
In top, sorting by USED doesn't sort properly.
Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
1) Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
2) procps:
Installed: 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
Candidate: 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) Sorting by `USED` in `top` will produce a list of programs that are
sorted in descending order of total memory use.
4) Sorting by `USED` in `top` will produce a list of programs that are
seemingly randomly sorted.
====
Procedure:
1) Run `top`.
2) Press uppercase F.
3) Press up arrow or down arrow until you get to USED.
4) Press space to get USED to show up on the main screen.
5) Press lowercase s to sort by USED.
6) Press lowercase q to go back to the main screen.
7) Note that the sorting isn't done properly.
Example output:
2 PID PPID S %MEM USED RES SWAP SHR VIRT COMMAND
18783 1645 S 9.3 263736 189680 74056 58776 1297844 chrome
1511 1509 S 0.2 98772 3468 95304 0 712504 FAHClient
18856 18796 S 6.5 160712 132384 28328 19356 1109696 chrome
18816 18783 S 2.8 102516 57248 45268 17976 1117556 chrome
18851 18796 S 5.2 137308 106624 30684 25080 894612 chrome
1167 1148 S 2.3 82984 46836 36148 7416 433728 Xorg
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: procps 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 20 23:18:42 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
SourcePackage: procps
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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