Public bug reported: I have no idea why, but after half a day or so of usage, gnome-shell uses 1.4 GB of memory. I have never seen an OS where the shell is so "hungry", there seem to be lots of memory leaks. Good the system has 12 GB of RAM, otherwise I would have lots of swap. Unity never did not do things like this, I really hope there will be a fix soon.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Nov 9 01:32:07 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'enabled-extensions' b"['ubuntu-appindicat...@ubuntu.com', 'weather-extens...@xeked.com', 'astroweat...@dan-gnome.berrange.com', 'arc-m...@linxgem33.com', 'gnomeGlobalAppMenu@lestcape']" b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'chromium-browser.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'google-chrome.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'update-manager.desktop', 'filezilla.desktop', 'org.gnome.Screenshot.desktop', 'org.kde.ksysguard.desktop']" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'show-battery-percentage' b'true' b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-21 (18 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful ** Attachment added: "gnome shell memory leaks consumption" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731071/+attachment/5006128/+files/System%20Monitor_010.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731071 Title: Gnome shell huge memory usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1731071/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs