Bug 382053 – net-im/skype-2.2.0.35-r1 using all system memory on startup

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Claudio Roberto França Pereira 2011-09-06 15:31:30 UTC]

net-im/skype-2.2.0.35-r1 using all system memory on startup, apparently only on first run after booting, but it has opened correctly even on the first time seldomly.

Related topic:
http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-eats-all-system-memory-Linux/td-p/222/

It seems it's an upstream problem, but maybe it's packaging related? The suggested workaround apparently doesn't stop the crash, just prevents the whole system from hanging.

[Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2011-09-06 21:42:23 UTC]

Does [1] fix this issue?

If not, please:
1) post your `emerge --info net-im/skype' output.
2) run it from a terminal and capture the output there.


[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363655#c34

[Comment 2 Claudio Roberto França Pereira 2011-09-07 03:10:06 UTC]

I've seen that post and I've created the folder, but can't say for sure that it has stopped crashing. I mean, it's not something easy to reproduce or desirable to test, since it can crash the whole machine. I've restarted Skype 3 times without any problems, but it appears generally after a cold boot.

Anyways, here comes my emerge --info skype:

# emerge --info skype
Portage 2.1.10.13 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.13-r4, 3.0.4-gentoo x86_64)
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                        System Settings
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System uname: Linux-3.0.4-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_E8400_@_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.3
Timestamp of tree: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:30:01 +0000
ccache version 3.1.6 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p10
dev-java/java-config:     2.1.11-r3
dev-lang/python:          2.7.2-r2, 3.2-r2
dev-util/ccache:          3.1.6
dev-util/cmake:           2.8.5-r2
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.26
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.0.3
sys-apps/openrc:          0.9.2
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.5
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.13, 2.68
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.1-r1
sys-devel/binutils:       2.21.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.5.3-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.4.1-r1
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4-r1
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r1
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.39 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.13-r4
Repositories: gentoo spidey
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS=""
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en en_US pt pt_BR"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 avahi bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cleartype cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig fortran gdbm gdu gif git gnutls gstreamer iconv icu ipv6 java jpeg kde kipi lcms libnotify lm_sensors mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mpi mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg openal opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit ppds pppd private-headers pulseaudio qml qt3support qt4 readline sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg sysfs tcpd threads tiff truetype udev unicode usb v4l v4l2 vaapi vorbis x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev joystick" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en en_US pt pt_BR" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

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                        Package Settings
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net-im/skype-2.2.0.35-r1 was built with the following:
USE="(consolekit) (multilib) (policykit) -qt-static"

[Comment 3 Claudio Roberto França Pereira 2011-09-07 03:12:14 UTC]

By the way, skype echoed no output when ran from the terminal.

[Comment 4 Claudio Roberto França Pereira 2011-09-15 16:29:48 UTC]

Confirmed that the Logs folder didn't solve the problem.
Also, I'm using PulseAudio as backend for Skype, someone somewhere said that this may be related, Skype wanting to play the startup sound and leaking memory in the process.

[Comment 5 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2012-05-21 12:19:31 UTC]

Binary-only package -> Upstream problem -> If you have a solution, reopen the bug.