Arch Linux

I am also experencing the exact same problem on the i686 version of upower this NEEDS to be fixed

I'm going to test upower-git-systemd compiled from AUR in 0.99.1 version. I'll post tomorrow if upowerd still eats a lot of memory.

24 hours later, upowerd 0.99.1 use less 2MB instead 2GB :)

This morning, upowerd has eaten 2GB RAM, the problem persist with 0.99.1 version compiled from git.

I also experience this bug.

Forums thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1422084

On my laptop, upowerd only eats all RAM (2 GB) if the laptop runs on battery and the batterycharge comes to an end. If the AC-adapter is plugged it, all is fine.

Please test 0.99.0-3. The package has been updated to git master (excluding version number and abi/api change). Upstream added some memory leak fixes.

Unfortunately the issue still exists with 0.99.0-3, upowerd eats all memory when the battery-runtime comes to an end.

I installed arch today, and upowerd eats all my ram. So i can confirm this bug.

There are several patches in this report (namely, comment #8, #9 that are not in master)

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82659

Thanks Alad, five days with patches and upower only take 1184k :)

Can confirm this still happens with 0.99.0-3. I suspect it has something to do with Logitech Unifying Receiver and Keyboard K800 + Mouse M510.

Don't blame Logitech-stuff for it, I have this issue on my Dell Latitude D430 and I use no wireless mouse or keyboard.

Affects my Lenovo G580 and I don't use any peripherals.

My Lenovo ThinkPad Helix is also affected, here's my post in the thread about it: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1474600#p1474600 i've also uploaded an AUR package called upower-fixed: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/upower-fixed/ it's almost identical to the official package, i just changed the version number and added the patches referenced above. since installing it, it appears this issue is no longer occurring. perhaps the official package should be patched until freedesktop actually does something about this?

I haven't had this problem for quite a while now after one of the upgrades, perhaps to 0.99.1 or maybe even 0.99.0-3.

hmm, confusing... i have definitely seen a distinct and lasting improvement since patching and rebuilding upower. i'm not sure how the bug would have gone away, as the freedesktop bug report linked above remains unresolved and the patches apply perfectly to the current upower git HEAD (which is v0.99.1)... perhaps the first patch posted to that bug (which was accepted by the upower devs in an earlier version) fixes some problems but not all? whatever the case, i had this exact issue, just as severely as many others (full system lockups, 100% ram and swap usage in under 12 hours of normal use), and since patching upower (with the second and third patches attached to the freedesktop bug) i haven't seen it eat more than 5MiB ram. this tells me that the patch definitely does fix (or at least put a band-aid on) an EXTREMELY SEVERE problem, and therefore warrants significant attention. i'd really like to see if any of the other users who've commented on this bug are still affected, and if so, whether or not installing upower-fixed alleviates the issue.

I had this issue and went into it every time the battery of my laptop was going down to 2-3%. With upower-fixed the issue is gone.

I've been having this issue as well.
Just installed upower-fixed to see if that changes things.

I'm facing the same issue on my desktop - 24GB consumed in a matter of 6 hours.
upower 0.99.1
nothing in journal

With 0.99.1-3 the problem is here (again?). Like I said, it feels like it had not been not occurring for a long time.

I pushed upower 0.99.1-4 which should fix this.

Some confirmations would be great!

I'm running on 0.99.1-4 right now and haven't seen this problem in at least 2 days.
I'll keep monitoring and check back once in a while :)

No issues here with 0.99.1-4.

the issue has been fixed upstream. this bug can be closed.