Ubuntu 11.04 and gitk problem

[Jeremy Kerr]

Hi Anca,

> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
> 2. cd linux-2.6
> 3. gitk
> 
> I can not run it. That kills my system (2GB RAM) and Unity as well.
> Any ideeas ?

I was seeing the same (or similar?) during the Natty development cycle.
Turns out it was a bug in unity, fixed in 3.8.2-0ubuntu1:

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/743011

Are you using an older version of unity?

Cheers,


Jeremy