[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread spbike
I spoke to the folks on #firefox, a few confirmed that they saw the same problem and after some discussion and bug searching they said I should post it: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467846 -- Firefox memory leak with large html files with tag errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
This doesn't help much.. but this is the result of the valgrind ** Attachment added: "valgrind.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20193815/valgrind.log ** Summary changed: - Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. + Firefox memory leak with large html files with tag errors -- Firefox memor

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread spbike
BTW, I can verify that on intrepid if you allocate 256MB, then free 256MB that the OS immediately reclaims the memory and doesn't wait till exit. I believe the hold on to memory until exit was a property of older linux systems. I don't know enough about firefox's data structures to know if this i

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
The issue that I still have with it is that even with incorrect html firefox shouldn't grab 1GB and hold it until exit... I want to look into this a bit more before a decision can be made on if it's valid or not. -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 Y

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread spbike
I changed the to and it's fixed. doesn't prevent HTML tags from working, does which seems to be the intent. Looks like OCR mistakes put some random https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
* Flagging importance back to medium ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
There is a little more then meets the eye on this one... Once the file is completly loaded... I have firefox having a memory usage of 1GB... and it doesn't release the memory even when you navigate off that page. -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 Y

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread spbike
I fixed the missing and with no change in memory use.. 4348 errors is impressive, although even this launchpad page has 50 some errors. -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
Great now we just need to determine if this is a bug with firefox or if firefox is doing it's job and trying to process the file. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:48 PM, LumpyCustard <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Just ran the URI through the w3 validator: > > Result: 4348 Errors, 479 warnin

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Markus Edholm
I created a similar file.. a short intro and a section of roughly 4MB plain text.. firefox struggles for a second (understandable for such a large file) but then displays it fine.. -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notificati

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread LumpyCustard
Just ran the URI through the w3 validator: Result: 4348 Errors, 479 warning(s) -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs m

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
HTML file isn't even proper HTML... Firefox seems to be trying to process a 5MB broken HTML file which is probably why it spikes in resources... * Flagging as low as it seems firefox is actually processing the HTML file (which is actually labelled as .txt)... ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Richard Seguin
Looking into the HTML file now... a wget shows that the .txt file is actually roughly 5MB ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread goto
I confirm it, too. Uses 1.9 GB (but a few more tabs open). 2.6.27-10-generic #1 SMP Fri Nov 21 19:19:18 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received th

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Phillips
I can reproduce this with Firefox 3.0.4 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 304942] Re: Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL.

2008-12-03 Thread spbike
I forgot to mention the memory use does flatten at 1.2GB. -- Firefox explodes to 1.2GB on simple URL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304942 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u