Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 2283] New: Huge memory leak when using virtual desktops

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           Summary: Huge memory leak when using virtual desktops
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: 0.99.7
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Medium
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: elof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
Version 0.99.7 (SVN Rev 23910)
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I'm running the latest version of Wireshark on a WinXP machine and I can make
the wireshark.exe process eat RAM memory like hell. This problem is
reproduceable every time.

I start Wireshark and I start my favourite Virtual Desktop manager "Vern"
(http://www.oneguycoding.com/).

Each time I switch virtual desktop, the wireshark process grows 1-2 MB in size!
Since I have twelve virtual desktops and usually put different applications on
their own respective desktops, there will be quite a lot of desktop switching.
In only one hour, the wireshark process is >100MB in size, and the system start
swapping and become unresponsive.

I don't know whether the problem lies within Wireshark itself, in the GTK
framework or in Vern. I just observed the problem just now.

I've been using Vern on a daily basis for >5 years (on Win2k and WinXP) and
have never come across the same problem, so I guess the problem is not in Vern.


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