I also have this problem ! I am running Ubuntu (vanilla/Gnome) 9.04. The problem only appeared 3 days ago though, and from reading the above comments it seems I have the same context:
- leaving the computer running 24/7 - I did started a Virtualbox session a few days ago and it's been running 24/7 as well - gfvsd ate 2GB yesterday evening. I ended the process and instantly got my 2GB back. This morning the machin was unresponsive and gfsd (must have restarted automatically, somehow ?), verdict : 3GB had leaked ! 2GB in RAM (hence filling/saturating the 3.2GB of RAM I have available), and putting the remaining 1GB on swap. I am very surprised that such a disaster is considered only as a "low" importance bug ?! I saw a comment above talking about power saving settings. If it does matter, then I guess I should add that all power saving features are disabled (it a desktop computer). No screensaver, hard drives alwyas running, everything always on. I am not terribly skilled at debugging, and other subscribers to this bug seem more able than I am, but if there is sometihng useful that I could contribute, I will definitely make the effort, as this gigantic and fast growing memory leak is giving me nightmares now I have hit it ! :-/ -- gvfsd memory leak https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433500 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
