Hey Leslie, what extensions are you using? I just installed gnome-shell-3.26 from Arch Linux's testing repos and it's working fine for me using btrfs. gnome-shell is hardly visible via 'top'.
Kind regards, Olaf Am 06.10.2017 um 03:46 schrieb Leslie S Satenstein via gnome-shell-list: > Do not (as 5 October) use Gnome with btrfs. You can experience > gnome-shell looping with 99% cpu busy, schemas not being adhered to, > and problems because btrfs uses copy-on-write. I have 5 copies of > Gnome 3.26 with ext4, brtfs fully, btrrs with xfs for /home and more. > I can substantiate the btrfs problem. Like any scientific experiment, > you can duplicate my findings. > > Gnome is safe with a non "copy on write" file system. > > Regards > * > Leslie > * > *Leslie Satenstein* > *Montréal Québec, Canada* > > ** > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* Leslie S Satenstein via gnome-shell-list > <gnome-shell-list@gnome.org> > *To:* Florian Müllner <fmuell...@gnome.org>; Gnome-shell-list > <gnome-shell-list@gnome.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 4, 2017 6:16 PM > *Subject:* Gnome extensions > > Hi Florian > > I'm using a few of your Gnome extensions. I thank you for providing > them to the community. > > I do have a question for you regarding the gnome-shell. > > I have extensions (several that include yours), where the installation > (doing the settings) onto *a btrfs* file system crashes the shell, or > causes the shell to go into a 99.9% cpu loop. If I install these > extensions onto a non btrfs system, eg, ext4, lvm, xfs , the > installation and extension setup works flawlessly. > > I use most of your extensions, that come globally with Fedora Linux > (currently using the Fedora beta 1.5, the pending go-live beta). I am > using it fully with btrfs. I can crash the shell with one or two > extensions, only if the underlying file system is btrfs > > As the gnome-shell gets maintenance updates, I am see fewer and fewer > crashes, but not with btrfs. The crashes only occur during parameter > setup. It seems that the gnome-shell does not wrongly read the > compiled schema or ignores the compiled schema. Have you stress > tested Gnome-shell under btrfs? > > My preferred third party extension that works perfectly with ext4 and > xfs is TaskBar by Zpydr. I am walking through the source code and with > my level of JS knowledge, find no errors. Setting TaskBar up onto a > btrfs system crashes the shell, but on logging in after a crash, I see > settings outside of the schema settings. After a few crashes, when > the settings are what I wanted, every extension works as anticipated. > By the way, I am not the author of this extension. The author appears > to have abandoned his offering. What is his extension and one or two > others exercising that cause this grief. > > I am wondering if recompiling the schemas while under btrfs would > make a difference. I will give it a try. > > > > > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org <mailto:gnome-shell-list@gnome.org> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org <mailto:gnome-shell-list@gnome.org> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
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