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Re: GDM, GNOME and RAM issue
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sirgazil |
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Re: GDM, GNOME and RAM issue |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:00:07 -0500 |
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---- On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:37 -0500 sirgazil <address@hidden> wrote ----
> Hello,
>
> I've been experiencing the following behavior for months, but didn't have
> the time to report anything.
>
> When I boot, a fresh GNOME session uses around 1.3 GiB (I don't know if this
> is normal).
>
> After several hours of work, the desktop starts feeling somewhat slow (e.g.
> when launching apps, switching work spaces). When this happens, RAM usage is
> around 3 GiB (of 4 GiB in total). If I continue working, RAM usage continues
> to go up little by little, and I have to reboot at some point, because
> memory is not released and things become slower.
Actually, I left the computer on overnight and this morning it was so slow that
the cursor barely moved. So it seems it doesn't matter whether I do any
interaction with the running applications, RAM usage grows anyways.
Resources in GNOME System Control:
https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-ram-eaten-resources-2020-02-25.png
Processes in GNOME System Control:
https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-ram-eaten-processes-2020-02-25.png
Processes in top:
https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-ram-eaten-top-2020-02-25.png
Again, the ".gnome-shell-real" run by the gdm user seems to be the problem.