---- On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:37 -0500 sirgazil <sirga...@zoho.com> wrote ---- > Hello, > > I've been experiencing the following behavior for months, but didn't have > the time to report anything. > > When I boot, a fresh GNOME session uses around 1.3 GiB (I don't know if this > is normal). > > After several hours of work, the desktop starts feeling somewhat slow (e.g. > when launching apps, switching work spaces). When this happens, RAM usage is > around 3 GiB (of 4 GiB in total). If I continue working, RAM usage continues > to go up little by little, and I have to reboot at some point, because > memory is not released and things become slower. > > When RAM usage is very high, closing all applications reduces usage to 2 GiB > approx. (which I think is too high). If I log out and then log back in, > those 2 GiB are still in use (which I think is odd). > > Here are some screenshots of resource usage reported by the "top" program. > GDM looks suspicious: > > • RAM usage after several hours of work with the applications I use every > day still running: > > > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-hours-of-work-all-apps-2020-02-23.png > > • RAM usage after closing all applications: > > > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-hours-of-work-all-apps-closed-2020-02-23.png > > • RAM usage after logging out and then login back in: > > > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-hours-of-work-re-log-in-2020-02-23.png > > > I decided to try sway to see if I had the same problem there, but I think it > is something related to GDM+GNOME. In sway, a fresh session uses around 700 > MiB; after hours of work (using the same applications I use every day), RAM > usage stays between 2 and 2.5 GiB; and when I exit all applications, RAM > seems to be released ok (descends to 900 MiB approx.). >
I just reported this problem to the issue tracker: http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40116