This doesn't sound right. gnome-shell only uses a couple hundred
megabytes of RAM by default. How are you measuring it?
While the problem is happening, please run:
ps auxw | grep gnome-shell > ps-gs.txt
and attach the resulting text file here.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Tags added: gnome-shell-leak
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2043538
Title:
gnome-shell takes too much ram
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
I had no memory problems with Ubuntu 20.04.
After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04, my 16GB laptop suffered from lack of memory.
I upgraded to 48GB (!), and the memory still continues to fill.
After a few days, with no program started, 12GB is taken. Gnome-shell alone
is taking 17.4% of my 48GB.
I guess it is suffering from a memory leak.
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
gnome-shell:
Installé : 42.9-0ubuntu2
Candidat : 42.9-0ubuntu2
Table de version :
*** 42.9-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
42.0-2ubuntu1 500
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell 42.9-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-36.37~22.04.1-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 15 07:04:21 2023
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-08-31 (75 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64
(20230807.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.9-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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