[Bug 84221] ubuntulooks causes massive memory use at startup for Firefox 3 trunk build

[Martin Meyer]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks

See this bug at Mozilla:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367509

There seems to be some issue with the ubuntulooks engine that causes
Firefox 3 trunk builds to show memory leak behavior when FF starts. When
I launch a Firefox trunk build all my ram gets consumed and then my swap
more slowly, then eventually all the memory usage drops off and Firefox
opens. The problem goes away completely when I change my theme to
clearlooks. Also, my performance in Firefox seem MUCH better with
clearlooks than it did with ubuntulooks. The UI is much more responsive
and Google Maps scrolls faster.

There is a backtrace for the offending thread in the Mozilla bug but I
don't know how much it will help.

** Affects: ubuntulooks (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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ubuntulooks causes massive memory use at startup for Firefox 3 trunk build
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84221