The reason why the OOM killer never kicks in is because of recent changes in the browser (https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team /webbrowser-app/trunk/revision/1361, released with version 0.23+16.04.20160223-0ubuntu1) which automatically unload background tabs when it thinks the system is running low on memory.
A situation where the OOM killer would do its job is with only one tab open, and many other apps open consuming memory, but in that case it’s likely that it would kill background apps first, not the oxide renderer process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542002 Title: [browser] opening multiple tabs causing major system slowdown or crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/avila/+bug/1542002/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
