** Description changed: When I've opened and closed many web pages (with video) by Firefox, then Firefox didn't response. I closed and reopened Firefox, it didn't response yet. I closed Firefox, opened system monitor. I saw Firefox was sleeping , used several hundreds MB SWAP and seventy MB memory. It used almost all of my memory and SWAP space. - When you close a web page , Firfox doesn't release the its SWAP and memory space. - When you close Firefox, Ubuntu Linux doesn't really close it. + When I close a web page , Firfox doesn't release the its SWAP and memory space. + When I close Firefox, Ubuntu Linux doesn't really close it. + It's true for Firefox 2.x and 3.0. I saw when there is not enough memory and SWAP space, I start a new program, but it doesn't response.
** Description changed: When I've opened and closed many web pages (with video) by Firefox, then Firefox didn't response. I closed and reopened Firefox, it didn't response yet. I closed Firefox, opened system monitor. I saw Firefox was sleeping , used several hundreds MB SWAP and seventy MB memory. It used almost all of my memory and SWAP space. - When I close a web page , Firfox doesn't release the its SWAP and memory space. + When I close a web page , Firfox doesn't release its SWAP and memory space. When I close Firefox, Ubuntu Linux doesn't really close it. It's true for Firefox 2.x and 3.0. I saw when there is not enough memory and SWAP space, I start a new program, but it doesn't response. -- Linux can't really close closed programs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172708 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs