Public bug reported: gnome-shell is wasting CPU repainting an unchanging panel and dock. Every time an app window changes all visible actors including the panel get repainted. But the panels mostly doesn't change, so should be cached via offscreen-redirect instead.
** Affects: gnome-shell Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) Status: In Progress ** Affects: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) Status: In Progress ** Tags: performance ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #792633 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792633 ** Also affects: gnome-shell via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792633 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Summary changed: - gnome-shell is wasting CPU repainting an unchanging panel + gnome-shell is wasting CPU repainting unchanging panels ** Description changed: - gnome-shell is wasting CPU repainting an unchanging panel. Every time an - app window changes all visible actors including the panel get repainted. - But the panel mostly doesn't change, so should be cached via offscreen- - redirect instead. + gnome-shell is wasting CPU repainting an unchanging panel and dock. + Every time an app window changes all visible actors including the panel + get repainted. But the panels mostly doesn't change, so should be cached + via offscreen-redirect instead. ** Also affects: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1743976 Title: gnome-shell is wasting CPU repainting unchanging panels To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1743976/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs