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[Bug 982434] Re: Opening the dash causes memory usage to climb dramatically, and never comes back down

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From: "Stephen M. Webb" <stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:18:37 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 982434 <982434@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Changed in: unity
    Milestone: 7.3.2 => 7.3.3

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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)

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