This happend to me _three_ times in the last week, gnome-software runs amok and takes up 16GB ram + 16GB Swap and managed to write a 13.7GB-14.3GB syslog. Couldn't view the syslogs, but there is a comment in another bug-thread on the same issue with info from syslog: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- software/+bug/1616332/comments/12
For now i have uninstalled gnome-software, that fixes the problem... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716579 Title: gnome-software uses a very high cpu amount Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-software source package in Artful: Confirmed Bug description: The room was silent, when the fan of my laptop suddenly started making noise. I checked it and it was because of the intense amount of CPU in use because of gnome software. Gnome Software CPU use was over 60%. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-software 3.25.91-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Sep 12 08:29:01 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-21 (21 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170820) InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.25.91-1ubuntu5 SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1716579/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp