On Ubuntu 12.04 this problem still persists. Leaving my machine running over night kills it, because evolution uses >12GB of memory! I would classify this bug high, since it makes evolution de facto unusable.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/822479 Title: Massive Evolution Mail memory leak Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: While there are lots of posts on Evolution memory leaks, this appears to be new. No Natty, evolution starts with around 60mb of usage, and climbs up. Over the past 90 minutes it reached 385mb. Finally killed it. Restarting goes back to the 60mb again. I ran it this time from the command line with: evolution --debug-file= Here is the contents of this file: ---------------------- (evolution:2239): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Object class EMFolderTree doesn't implement property 'paste-target-list' from interface 'ESelectable' (evolution:2239): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: Object class EMFolderTree doesn't implement property 'copy-target-list' from interface 'ESelectable' (firefox-bin:8739): LIBDBUSMENU-GTK-CRITICAL **: dbusmenu_menuitem_property_set_shortcut: assertion `gtk_accelerator_valid(key, modifier)' failed ** (<unknown>:9247): DEBUG: NP_Initialize ** (<unknown>:9247): DEBUG: NP_Initialize succeeded ** (<unknown>:9247): DEBUG: NP_Shutdown NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down java version "1.6.0_22" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.2) (6b22-1.10.2-0ubuntu1~11.04.1) OpenJDK Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode) (firefox-bin:8739): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_source_remove: assertion `tag > 0' failed (firefox-bin:8739): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_source_remove: assertion `tag > 0' failed ---------------- No idea what's going on here. If I don't kill evolution regularly my ram gets eaten up and my system freezes. I have uninstalled evolution with the 'purge' option, and reinstalled. I then restored evolution from previously backed up settings, so it's possible there's some problem in my settings. But where? I have 4 imap+ accounts running, plus a pop service. There are about 60 emails in each account, with more archived in a local folder on my computer. I have about 5 local calendars, all measured in kb of data. Any thoughts as to what's going on? I'm aware that Ubuntu is ditching evolution for the next release, so need a work around until then. Cheers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: evolution 2.32.2-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Aug 8 10:59:41 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/822479/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
