Same bug with Ubuntu 14.10 on Dell E6510. Compiz used ram increase each time i search something in the dash. I have noticed that using last nvidia drivers (331.113) or legacy (304.125) does not make much difference. Using instead the xorg nouveau drivers it is much better. Used ram by compiz starts with 38Mb and I could reach 106 Mb, but not more.
Moreover in the system monitor application, selecting the memory map for compiz process I see that what is eating ram is the heap of this process. I will attach screenshot. ** Attachment added: "compiz-ram1.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/982434/+attachment/4295882/+files/compiz-ram1.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/982434 Title: Opening the dash causes memory usage to climb dramatically, and never comes back down Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This may not be a bug at all, but thought I'd report it anyway. I am NOT reporting a memory leak - at least, I don't think so. I am simply reporting this: When I start a desktop session, Compiz uses 85M of memory. It stays there as long as I *do not open the Dash*. Once I open the Dash - simply pushing the Ubuntu button, and then closing immediately - the memory usage climbs to ~120-150. If I go through every page in the Dash and open every sub-page and see every icon available, the memory usage clibms to ~185M. Re-visiting the Dash, no matter how often, doesn't cause a further increase, but I'm not certain the Dash should use ~100M of RAM all by itself. I'm not sure how much it *should* use, but it just seems a bit excessive. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,regex,place,grid,snap,vpswitch,move,animation,gnomecompat,resize,mousepoll,session,imgpng,workarounds,wall,fade,expo,scale,unitymtgrabhandles,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Sun Apr 15 11:26:09 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-26 (20 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/982434/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
