0002588: Kali Linux 2.0 gnome-shell Memory Leak - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0002588	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2015-08-23 12:24	2015-09-03 09:24

Reporter	lillypad	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	high	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	kali-dev

Summary	0002588: Kali Linux 2.0 gnome-shell Memory Leak
Description	Currently Kali Linux 2.0 is using Gnome 3.14.1. There is currently a bug tracker for this issue here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977387 and here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/2jj20h/does_gnome_314_still_leak_huge_amounts_of_memory/ Opening the terminal seems to be causing the issue, after doing many commands in terminal the memory for gnome-shell goes up very quickly doing normal tasks. There is a temporary solution by doing ALT + F2, 'r', <ENTER>. This will reset gnome 3.14.1 and remove the excess memory which has leaked. A less than ideal solution however it's one to keep others using the distribution effectively over many hours not requiring a reboot. The memory leak isn't as bad as previous versions of Gnome however it's still preset sometimes taking up 10 percent of the ram on a 5GB Ram system. I took a base line it was around 3.73 percent and should only be using 190mb - 200mb of ram if all windows are closed however this isn't the case. Hoping this will help others with the memory leak issue as well. I know gnome 3.16 has been release and not sure if this will fix the memory leak issue in 3.14.1 but it's a possibility to look into. This issue should be looked at as more serious for those who use the distribution for many hours of the day.
Steps To Reproduce	Open up terminal Do repetitive tasks in terminal Close terminals when done Notice how memory doesn't go down in gnome-shell Reset Memory by doing ALT + F2, 'r', <ENTER>.

lillypad 2015-08-23 12:30 reporter ~0003827	You can also find a record of this issue here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/557088/gnome-14-10-memory-leak-over-5gb-of-gnome-shell

rhertzog 2015-09-03 09:24 administrator ~0003884	I'm afraid that such a bug report is not very actionable. And we already have gnome 3.16 lined up for the next release. If anything such issues must be reported and fixed in the upstream software that does leak memory... and not here unless you can point us to a working patch that we should apply in our current version.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-08-23 12:24	lillypad	New Issue
2015-08-23 12:30	lillypad	Note Added: 0003827
2015-09-03 09:24	rhertzog	Note Added: 0003884
2015-09-03 09:24	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2015-09-03 09:24	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2015-09-03 09:24	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix