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Public bug reported:

$ uname -a
Linux ajsc855 3.13.0-46-generic #76-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 26 18:52:13 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS"

I typically run Thunderbird, Firefox, a terminal or two, Gthumb, Gimp,
Qcad, Gedit, Libreoffice, Inkscape, Document Viewer and occasionally
Virtualbox.

It seems to me that there are quite a few extra copies of some processes
populating memory after running a session for a few days.  Namely, dbus-
daemon, gvfsd and gconfd-2.  The more I use the session, the more of
these processes appear.  After a while they start using up a significant
amount of memory and system response seems to slow down.

Logging out and back in did not alleviate the problem. Rebooting did.
But, I will have to reboot again in a week or two to free up the memory
used by these leftover processes.

The example session used to get the following results was probably well
over a week in use.

Before rebooting:
$ ps -ef >prereboot.txt
$ grep -i dbus-daemon <prereboot.txt|wc -l
40
$ grep -i gvfsd <prereboot.txt|wc -l
78
$ grep -i gconfd-2 <prereboot.txt|wc -l
37

After rebooting:
$ ps -ef >postreboot.txt
$ grep -i dbus-daemon <postreboot.txt|wc -l
4
$ grep -i gvfsd <postreboot.txt|wc -l
5
$ grep -i gconfd-2 <postreboot.txt|wc -l
1

** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427785

Title:
  Too many instances of processes left running in 64 bit version

Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ uname -a
  Linux ajsc855 3.13.0-46-generic #76-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 26 18:52:13 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  $ cat /etc/lsb-release
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS"

  I typically run Thunderbird, Firefox, a terminal or two, Gthumb, Gimp,
  Qcad, Gedit, Libreoffice, Inkscape, Document Viewer and occasionally
  Virtualbox.

  It seems to me that there are quite a few extra copies of some
  processes populating memory after running a session for a few days.
  Namely, dbus-daemon, gvfsd and gconfd-2.  The more I use the session,
  the more of these processes appear.  After a while they start using up
  a significant amount of memory and system response seems to slow down.

  Logging out and back in did not alleviate the problem. Rebooting did.
  But, I will have to reboot again in a week or two to free up the
  memory used by these leftover processes.

  The example session used to get the following results was probably
  well over a week in use.

  Before rebooting:
  $ ps -ef >prereboot.txt
  $ grep -i dbus-daemon <prereboot.txt|wc -l
  40
  $ grep -i gvfsd <prereboot.txt|wc -l
  78
  $ grep -i gconfd-2 <prereboot.txt|wc -l
  37

  After rebooting:
  $ ps -ef >postreboot.txt
  $ grep -i dbus-daemon <postreboot.txt|wc -l
  4
  $ grep -i gvfsd <postreboot.txt|wc -l
  5
  $ grep -i gconfd-2 <postreboot.txt|wc -l
  1

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