If I press the Ubuntu key over and over, showing the overview of all the desktops, and then again to return to the normal view of the current desktop, RSS for gnome-desktop increases rapidly (measurements taken at 15-second intervals.
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND skelem 15805 9.0 1.2 4776896 820820 tty2 Sl+ 10:10 12:27 /usr/bin/gnome-shell USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND skelem 15805 9.0 1.2 4790452 831004 tty2 Rl+ 10:10 12:31 /usr/bin/gnome-shell USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND skelem 15805 9.1 1.2 4799632 849868 tty2 Sl+ 10:10 12:36 /usr/bin/gnome-shell USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND skelem 15805 9.1 1.3 4807764 859832 tty2 Sl+ 10:10 12:42 /usr/bin/gnome-shell USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND skelem 15805 9.2 1.3 4812364 865236 tty2 Sl+ 10:10 12:46 /usr/bin/gnome-shell After kill -1 15805, I get: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND skelem 27800 14.5 0.5 4072104 362428 tty2 Sl+ 12:31 0:06 /usr/bin/gnome-shell -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672297 Title: gnome-shell uses lots of memory, and grows over time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1672297/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
