ports/104281: Gnumeric runs off and allocates infinite memory when switching Virtual Desktops in Metacity

[Coleman Kane]

>Number:         104281
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Gnumeric runs off and allocates infinite memory when switching Virtual Desktops in Metacity
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Oct 11 00:10:14 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Coleman Kane
>Release:        7.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD erwin 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #5: Tue Oct 10 09:10:47 EDT 2006    root at erwin:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ERWIN  amd64
>Description:
I have GNOME 2.14 packages installed, and use "gnome-session" in my .xinitrc. This makes metacity my window manager. I also gave the gnome2-office packages installed, and use Gnumeric for a lot of spreadsheet work. 

I have been running into a problem where the following happens:

 1. I am using Gnumeric
 2. I switch to another Virtual Desktop [via ALT+CTRL-(Left|Right)]
 3. I switch back to the Virtual Desktop with Gnumeric
 4. Gnumeric appears to start to infinitely allocate RAM (the hard drive starts churning, presumably from swap access)
 5. System screeches to a halt

This is an Athlon64 Mobile with a 4200rpm PATA laptop hard drive. The controller can easily bring the system to a standstill under heavy load. It is very difficult to debug, due to this configuration.
>How-To-Repeat:
1. Run Gnumeric (under Metacity)
2. Switch virtual desktops
3. Switch back
4. System halts
>Fix:
I don't know
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