Ubuntu LTS 16.04.6 118K files in trash gvfs-trash consumes both CPUs and 100% of available memory
"empty trash" goes into prepare phase, but nothing appears to happen, presumably because of the large number of files, so I closed the window by clicking the <x> rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/* nautilus window on trash:/// goes dark for a long time, but eventually comes back to show Trash to be empty opening the Trash icon (on the on the launch bar) shows it to be empty and both <restore> and <empty> buttons are greyed out, but the Trash icon still shows 'filled' (yes, I think Bug #1558768 is about the same problem) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798828 Title: gvfsd-trash fills up memory (uses about 1 GB) if Trash contains thousands of files Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: gvfsd-trash fills up memory (uses about 1 GB) if Trash contains thousands of files (I had ~8000) I noticed this on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit with GNOME Shell installed: ~$ ps aux |grep -i trash uni023 1910 6.2 20.0 1541900 789352 ? Sl 12:53 10:11 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.4 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0 Problem can be "solved" by emptying Trash bin. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1798828/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
