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Bug 598207 - GNOME System Monitor sometimes doesn't follow the memory usage order even if desired
GNOME System Monitor sometimes doesn't follow the memory usage order even if ...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: system-monitor
Classification: Core
Component: process list
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: System-monitor maintainers
System-monitor maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-10-12 20:51 UTC by Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek
Modified: 2012-07-01 00:01 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

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Processes tab: wrong order although sorting by memory usage is set (125.23 KB, image/png)
2009-10-12 20:51 UTC, Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek 		Details

Description Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek 2009-10-12 20:51:35 UTC 
Created attachment 145310 [details]
Processes tab: wrong order although sorting by memory usage is set

Sorting processes list by memory usage on Processes tab in System Monitor
usually works but after a period of time there are sometimes mistakes that can
be corrected only by clicking on a Memory tab twice (first click sorts
properly, but in reverse order).

Screenshot attached. I reported this bug here, too:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/449191

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 12 03:29:55 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20091008)
Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
Comment 1 Benoît Dejean 2009-10-13 14:56:35 UTC 
Hello Michal, when the problem occurs, does it disappear on the next refresh ?
Comment 2 Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek 2009-10-13 15:04:08 UTC 
It does. Order of elements doesn't change if I don't fix it manually by double-clicking on the Memory column header.
Comment 3 Scott Anderson 2009-11-18 19:04:53 UTC 
Confirmed here.
Comment 4 Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek 2009-11-18 19:19:03 UTC 
@Benoît Dejean
Oh, I meant it does NOT disappear on the next refresh, I've read "does it appear", wrongly. :)

What other info do You need?
Comment 5 Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek 2009-11-21 22:52:02 UTC 
It seems that at least one of problems comes from the fact that if one already has an open Processes tab and suddenly a new process which memory usage cannot be determined (thus marked N/A) it shows at the top, over most memory-consuming programs. When a new process comes up, it goes over this N/A process in this way being upper than most consuming processes.
Comment 6 Tobias Mueller 2010-04-27 19:37:16 UTC 
Reopening as the requested information has been provided.
Comment 7 Robert Roth 2012-01-21 04:49:27 UTC 
We have improved the sorting mechanism for numeric columns in the 3.3.4 release. Could anyone please try if this issue still exists?
Comment 8 André Klapper 2012-02-26 10:45:56 UTC 
[Adding missing "QA Contact" entry so system monitor bug report changes can still be watched via the "Users to watch" list on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email when the assignee is changed to an individual.]
Comment 9 Tobias Mueller 2012-07-01 00:01:18 UTC 
So if I read comment #7 correctly, this bug is OBSOLETE by now. Please reopen if it's not. Thanks.