Bug#730522: gnome-shell: Leaking once again

Agustin Carrasco asermax at gmail.com
Tue Nov 26 19:21:33 UTC 2013


Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.8.4-5
Followup-For: Bug #730522

After further searching through the web, I stumbled across this issue on redhat
bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995799
It hasn't had much attention, but the description was enough to give me a hint
about something I was ignoring, which was a particularity of the computer where
I was experiencing the leak: I had setup a background rotating app (Cortina).

So, after disabling it, I can confirm the leak is gone.
After trying manually setting the background and using a gnome-shell extension
that manages the rotating wallpapers as well, I can conclude that it definitely
is a leak on the background managing code on gnome-shell.
I'm not sure if the problem have been addressed on newer versions of the
package; so far I have found some bugs and patches on the gnome-shell mailing
list, but they appear to be already on the current package of debian testing,
so it may be something new.

Anyway, the bug isn't as severe as I thought, I can live without rotating
wallpapers. Hope this description can help solve the issue in the future tho.

Cheers.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.11-9.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.18.0-1
ii  evolution-data-server                        3.8.5-3
ii  gdm3                                         3.8.4-6
ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.34-2
ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.12-1
ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0                           1.14.4-3
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.36.0-2+b1
ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.8.2-4
ii  gir1.2-gkbd-3.0                              3.6.0-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.36.0-2+b1
ii  gir1.2-gmenu-3.0                             3.8.0-2
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.8.1-2
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0                      3.8.4-2
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.8.4-1
ii  gir1.2-ibus-1.0                              1.5.3-7
ii  gir1.2-mutter-3.0                            3.8.4-2
ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0                    0.9.8.0-5
ii  gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0                             0.9.8.4-1
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.36.0-1
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-4
ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.44.1-1
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12                    0.22.0-1
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2                   0.8.0-2
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.9.23-2+b1
ii  gjs                                          1.36.1-2
ii  gnome-bluetooth                              3.8.1-2
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic                    3.10.1-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.8.5-2
ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.8.4-5
ii  gnome-themes-standard                        3.8.4-1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.8.2-2
ii  libatk-bridge2.0-0                           2.10.0-1+b1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.10.0-2
ii  libc6                                        2.17-93
ii  libcairo-gobject2                            1.12.16-2
ii  libcairo2                                    1.12.16-2
ii  libcamel-1.2-43                              3.8.5-3
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-2
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-2
ii  libclutter-1.0-0                             1.14.4-3
ii  libcogl-pango12                              1.14.0-3
ii  libcogl12                                    1.14.0-3
ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.8-2
ii  libdbus-1-3                                  1.6.18-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.100.2-1
ii  libecal-1.2-15                               3.8.5-3
ii  libedataserver-1.2-17                        3.8.5-3
ii  libegl1-mesa [libegl1-x11]                   9.2.2-1
ii  libgck-1-0                                   3.8.2-4
ii  libgcr-base-3-1                              3.8.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.28.2-1
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.36.0-2+b1
ii  libgjs0c [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0]           1.36.1-2
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.36.4-1
ii  libgnome-menu-3-0                            3.8.0-2
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0                            1.2.1-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.8.4-1
ii  libical0                                     0.48-2
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           0.16.2-1
ii  libmozjs185-1.0                              1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4+b1
ii  libmutter0b                                  3.8.4-2
ii  libnm-glib4                                  0.9.8.0-5
ii  libnm-gtk0                                   0.9.8.4-1
ii  libnm-util2                                  0.9.8.0-5
ii  libnspr4                                     2:4.10.2-1
ii  libnspr4-0d                                  2:4.10.2-1
ii  libnss3                                      2:3.15.3-1
ii  libnss3-1d                                   2:3.15.3-1
ii  libp11-kit0                                  0.20.1-3
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.36.0-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.36.0-1
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-4
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-4
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      4.0-6+b1
ii  libpulse0                                    4.0-6+b1
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.15-2
ii  libsoup2.4-1                                 2.44.1-1
ii  libsqlite3-0                                 3.8.1-1
ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-3
ii  libtelepathy-glib0                           0.22.0-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.2-1
ii  libxcomposite1                               1:0.4.4-1
ii  libxdamage1                                  1:1.1.4-1
ii  libxext6                                     2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0.1-1
ii  libxi6                                       2:1.7.2-1
ii  libxml2                                      2.9.1+dfsg1-3
ii  libxrandr2                                   2:1.4.1-1
ii  python                                       2.7.5-5
ii  telepathy-mission-control-5                  1:5.16.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  gkbd-capplet          3.6.0-1
ii  gnome-contacts        3.8.3-1+b1
ii  gnome-control-center  1:3.8.3-4
ii  gnome-user-guide      3.8.2-1
ii  unzip                 6.0-10

gnome-shell suggests no packages.

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