Is Nemo 1.1.2 leaking memory?
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:49 pm
I'm running Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon,64-bit) and I've noticed that Nemo has a tendency to use more and more memory every time I perform certain actions such as opening new windows or emptying the trash. Nemo usually starts using around 25Mb, but the number keeps rising, and after a few days of doing some basic file managing tasks (I don't deal with huge files or folders, smb transfers, or lots of thumbnails) the memory jumps to around 300Mb and higher.
I tried to replicate my problem in this video to give you an idea of what happens when I open and close a folder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCYEZLBTt5c
(notice that closing windows doesn't free any memory)
So my questions are:
On an additional note, I just restarted my laptop (right after I recorded that video) and noticed that cinnamon is using a lot less memory than what is shown in the video (it's using 90MB now vs the 254 MB in the video) but I wasn't as concerned about it because takes cinnamon a while to reach that compared to nemo.
I tried to replicate my problem in this video to give you an idea of what happens when I open and close a folder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCYEZLBTt5c
(notice that closing windows doesn't free any memory)
So my questions are:
- Is this normal?
Is this something I should be worried about?
Is anyone else experiencing similar things?
I read a bit about memory usage (stuff like linuxatemyram.com) but I'm not sure if that's related to this... Does this behavior have anything to do with some weird caching stuff or something like that?
Is there a possibility that gtk+ themes or icons could have something to do with this? I was using the faience theme but switched to Mint-x because it was making the memory use worse.
On an additional note, I just restarted my laptop (right after I recorded that video) and noticed that cinnamon is using a lot less memory than what is shown in the video (it's using 90MB now vs the 254 MB in the video) but I wasn't as concerned about it because takes cinnamon a while to reach that compared to nemo.