[Bug 126012] Firefox memory usage increases to point of no response

[sprice]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Go to http://www.virginradio.co.uk/listen/ and click on "Listen now".

Via System Monitor I'm then able to see Memory increasing quite rapidly
(5MB or more per minute at times, say, and sometimes with very sizeable
quick jumps). Ultimately the music stops, I get no response from
Firefox, and I can only kill it.

This is a brand new installation of Ubuntu 7.04 with all recommended
updates, and nothing additionally loaded that I can think of that would
have a bearing here.

I've implemented various "about:config" changes as recommended by
various web sites I've found, but they don't appear to make a
difference:

  browser.cache.memory.capacity  integer  8192
  config.trim_on_minimize  boolean  true

Thanks for your time.

Steve

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jul 14 16:35:18 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Package: firefox 2.0.0.4+1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Firefox memory usage increases to point of no response
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