Just happened to me, too (17.10 x64). RAM usage got up, system became sluggish then stopped responding completely, only MagicSysRQ got me out. After restart, the problem has left an ugly gift: syslog has grown to 6,4 GB (I won't upload that). tail syslog (repeating for at least last 100 lines):
Jan 9 01:28:43 Comp gnome-software[1909]: Ignoring unexpected response Jan 9 01:28:43 Comp gnome-software[1909]: g_byte_array_remove_range: assertion 'index_ + length <= array->len' failed Sometimes, the error messages overlapped, don't know if this is normal: Jan 9 01:36:59 Comp gnome-sofJan 9 01:37:49 Comp gnome-software[1909]: g_byte_array_remove_range: assertion 'index_ + length <= array->len' failed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616332 Title: gnome-software using hundreds of MB of memory when not in use Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: It seems gnome-software is running in the background all the time. Not a big deal if it was lightweight, but it seems to use hundreds of MB (from smem output): PID User Command Swap USS PSS RSS 2291 jan /usr/bin/gnome-software --g 285436 112576 117982 134036 A total of over 400MB in RAM and swap combined. After killing and restarting, it takes "only" a bit over 100MB. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Aug 24 09:45:53 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-10 (1382 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-19 (65 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1616332/+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
