[Bug 1098934] [NEW] firefox memory leak while playing video in flashplayer

[Oleg "Nightwing" Lomakin]

I just updated nvidia driver to 313.09 beta, and the problem has gone.


2013/1/12 Oleg "Nightwing" Lomakin <1098934 at bugs.launchpad.net>

> Public bug reported:
>
> Firefox eats very much ram when playing video in flashplayer(on youtube,
> for example). My system becomes completely unusable. Sometimes it
> crashes sometimes, also. Firefox 17 works well. Also, i tried to use
> lightspark, it works ugly, bot doesn't cause memory leaks or crashes. I
> runnin ubuntu 12.10, amd64, latest
> firefox(18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3), latest
> flash(11.2.202.261-0quantal1), nvidia drivers 304.64.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: firefox 18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
> ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
> Architecture: amd64
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC2:  nightwing   2030 F.... pulseaudio
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  nightwing   2030 F.... pulseaudio
> BrokenPermissions:
>  greasefire at skrul.com/indexes/exclude.dat (0o400)
>  greasefire at skrul.com/indexes/include.dat (0o400)
>  greasefire at skrul.com/indexes/info.ini (0o400)
>  greasefire at skrul.com/indexes/scripts.db (0o400)
> BuildID: 20130107224407
> Channel: Unavailable
> CurrentDmesg: [   30.296535] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
> Date: Sat Jan 12 21:21:51 2013
> ForcedLayersAccel: False
> IfupdownConfig:
>  auto lo
>  iface lo inet loopback
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-09 (248 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
> (20120425)
> IpRoute:
>  default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0  proto static
>  169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000
>  192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.138
>  metric 1
> MarkForUpload: True
> MostRecentCrashID: bp-c23fef3e-61d6-44e7-a6fa-285082130112
> PrefSources:
>  prefs.js
>
>  [Profile]/extensions/{1018e4d6-728f-4b20-ad56-37578a4de76b}/defaults/preferences/defaultpreferences.js
>  [Profile]/extensions/
> firefox at ghostery.com/defaults/preferences/defaults.js
> ProcEnviron:
>  TERM=xterm
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>  LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=18.0/20130107224407 (In use)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.261-0quantal1
>  icedtea-7-plugin  1.3-1ubuntu1.1
>  totem-mozilla     3.4.3-0ubuntu5
>  rhythmbox-mozilla 2.98-0.1~webupd8~precise2
>  mozplugger        1.14.5-1
> RfKill:
>  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
>         Soft blocked: yes
>         Hard blocked: no
> RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
> SourcePackage: firefox
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-18 (85 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 04/07/2006
> dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
> dmi.bios.version: ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1013
> dmi.board.name: A8N-E
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.board.version: 2.XX
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSA8N-EACPIBIOSRevision1013:bd04/07/2006:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnA8N-E:rvr2.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: System Product Name
> dmi.product.version: System Version
> dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
>
> ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity
>
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