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Re: [Bug 1245666] Re: Pidgin is creating zombies

 

There has not (to the best of my knowledge) been any formal response from
the maintainers regarding a fix. The initial report in Pidgin's tracker (
https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/15617) hasn't been touched in a while.
The developers seem to be at least semi-present in irc, so that may be an
option. I'm unsure as to how strongly the dropped connections are related
to the abundance of zombie processes. Hypothetically, zombie processes
shouldn't negatively impact stability and only use minimal amounts of
memory space. Minimal amounts of memory however may add up significantly
with over 1k process descriptors still held in system memory.
I might, just because this ticket has been sitting here stagnant for so
long, err on the side of caution and report the repeatedly dropped
connections as a new bug. It's easier to merge two reports together down
the line then it is to separate one issue from another.
On Apr 27, 2015 5:55 PM, "StevenD57" <1245666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am running ubuntu 14.04 and pidgin 2.10.11 and I currently have 1539
> zombie processes from pidgin after an uptime of 72 days.
> I am also experiencing pidgin dropping out of my Sipe connection quite
> frequently and then having to press the "reconnect" button many times to be
> able to rejoin my conversations.
> Is there actually any solution to this? I see lots of people reporting the
> same problem but I do not see any actual solutions posted or even any
> replies from pidgin package maintianers indicating any interest in solving
> this problem.
>
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>
> Title:
>   Pidgin is creating zombies
>
> Status in Pidgin:
>   Unknown
> Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in pidgin package in Fedora:
>   Unknown
>
> Bug description:
>   After upgrading to Kubuntu 13.10 pidgin is constantly creating new
>   zombies.
>
>   E.g. after an uptime of roughly 4 hours:
>   $ ps aux | grep Z
>   USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
>   cm        2589  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:46   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        3045  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:47   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        3106  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:48   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        3236  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:50   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        5760  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:54   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        5788  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:02   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6405  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:12   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6501  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:22   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6519  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:32   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6543  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:42   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6580  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:52   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6619  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:02   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6645  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:12   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6672  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:22   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6691  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:32   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6757  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:42   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6846  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:52   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6869  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:01   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6889  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:11   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6914  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:21   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6931  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:31   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6948  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:41   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6972  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:51   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        6992  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:01   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        7015  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:11   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        7036  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:20   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        7121  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:30   0:00
> [pidgin] <defunct>
>   cm        7223  0.0  0.0  10984   940 pts/0    S+   21:38   0:00 grep
> --color=auto Z
>
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Title:
  Pidgin is creating zombies

Status in Pidgin:
  Unknown
Status in pidgin package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in pidgin package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  After upgrading to Kubuntu 13.10 pidgin is constantly creating new
  zombies.

  E.g. after an uptime of roughly 4 hours:
  $ ps aux | grep Z
  USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
  cm        2589  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:46   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        3045  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:47   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        3106  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:48   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        3236  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:50   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        5760  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    17:54   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        5788  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:02   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6405  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:12   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6501  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:22   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6519  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:32   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6543  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:42   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6580  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    18:52   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6619  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:02   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6645  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:12   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6672  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:22   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6691  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:32   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6757  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:42   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6846  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    19:52   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6869  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:01   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6889  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:11   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6914  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:21   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6931  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:31   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6948  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:41   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6972  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    20:51   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        6992  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:01   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        7015  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:11   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        7036  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:20   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        7121  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        Z    21:30   0:00 [pidgin] <defunct>
  cm        7223  0.0  0.0  10984   940 pts/0    S+   21:38   0:00 grep --color=auto Z

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