Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04, I noticed nm-applet would leak huge memory when I leave my machine running overnight (or more). I would notice the machice is crawling, and top would reveal 50%+ of 4GB memory taken by nm-applet.
I figured 2GB for the applet is tad too much ... It happened more than couple of times, I think. See attached screenshot of top output. Also, simple "killall nm-applet" won't kill it. I had to do "killall -9 nm-applet" to restore the memory and restart nm-applet manually. Ubuntu: 12.04 $ dpkg -l | grep network-manager ii network-manager 0.9.2.0+git201201101813.0b30200-0ubuntu2 network management framework (daemon and userspace tools) ii network-manager-gnome 0.9.2.0+git.20120126t000800.5151959-0ubuntu1 network management framework (GNOME frontend) ii network-manager-pptp 0.9.0-0ubuntu2 network management framework (PPTP plugin core) ii network-manager-pptp-gnome 0.9.0-0ubuntu2 network management framework (PPTP plugin GNOME GUI) It's likely going to happen again - if there is anything I could help collect when it happens again, I would be happy to do so. ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932589 Title: nm-applet leaks massive memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/932589/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs