Created attachment 334683 [details] gnome-system-monitor memory bug. Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-system-monitor 2.16.0 How reproducible: Open gnome-system-monitor (as root) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open gnome-system-monitor (as root) 2. Wait a few seconds 3. Watch as memory usage for some services jumps to millions of TB Actual results: Some services (e.g. bonobo-activation-service,dbus-launch) show memory usage of several _million_ terabytes. Expected results: Services should show normal memory usage. Additional info: Services affected seem to vary from instance to instance, with the exception of dbus-launch. ps shows normal memory usage on all services. gnome-system-monitor shows normal memory usage under the resources tab.
i think it is not gnome-system-monitor's bug, when i use kernel-2.6.18-8 this work OK,but when use kernel-2.6.18-128, this bug appear.
use kernel-2.6.28.92 is also OK
probably - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507699
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