Public bug reported: I leave my computer running for days at a time. I noticed that gnome- shell was using something like 8-gigs of memory. I just kill the process on a regular basis.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: gnome-shell 40.5-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 29 10:20:23 2021 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-22 (706 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 40.5-1ubuntu3~21.10.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-19 (70 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug impish -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1955996 Title: gnome-shell uses excessive memory Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I leave my computer running for days at a time. I noticed that gnome- shell was using something like 8-gigs of memory. I just kill the process on a regular basis. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: gnome-shell 40.5-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Dec 29 10:20:23 2021 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-22 (706 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 40.5-1ubuntu3~21.10.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-19 (70 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1955996/+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