Public bug reported: Recently I've noticed gnome-shell eating 100% of the CPU when the screen is blanked due to the session going idle.
This seems to have started happening sometime after upgrading to groovy back when it was still in beta. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Nov 19 17:04:37 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-13 (828 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) RebootRequiredPkgs: linux-image-5.8.0-26-generic linux-base linux-image-5.8.0-28-generic linux-base RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.1-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-09-24 (55 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1904819 Title: gnome-shell uses 100% cpu when screen blanked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1904819/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs