Also 'virt' memory is not real and should be ignored. I can't tell what you mean by "reserved" memory but next time you encounter the problem please run:
ps auxw | grep gnome-shell and paste the output here. ** Summary changed: - gnome-shell leaks mem, 13.8G virt, 1.3G reserved after few days of uptime + gnome-shell leaks mem, 1.3G reserved after few days of uptime -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950026 Title: gnome-shell leaks mem, 1.3G reserved after few days of uptime Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: gnome-shell leaks memory like crazy. after 4 days of uptime it uses 13.8G virt and 1.3G reserved mem. This is after I switched to wayland to mitigate the same issue, but on X.org it was much more crazier - about 20G virt / 1.5G reserved after one-two days of uptime, only the leak was in X.org process (2 of them, greeter and main), not gnome- shell. p.s. I do understand that gnome is the best piece of software, and I just use it incorrectly - likely I have some extension or application that is at fault. The bug report is sort of rhetorical. p.p.s. Unmodified LTS system (focal). Started to manifest about a month ago, out of the blue, no changes... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-38.42~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-38-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Classic:GNOME Date: Sat Nov 6 01:50:41 2021 DisplayManager: gdm3 RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.4-1ubuntu2 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) monitors.xml: Error: path contained symlinks. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1950026/+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
