From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: bug#40116: GDM: Memory leak in .gnome-shell-real process Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:08:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87ftdrta8e.fsf@gnu.org> References: <170ee024512.c9ac6ac476703.6325608537898017895@zoho.com> <87a74d8zsq.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55124) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jIkHy-0003xz-4C for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:36:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jIkHw-0003mQ-PL for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:36:33 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48657) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jIkHw-0003m4-JN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:36:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jIkHw-0004ju-Gp for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:36:32 -0400 Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87a74d8zsq.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:09:57 +0100") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 40116@debbugs.gnu.org, sirgazil Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hi sirgazil, > > sirgazil via Bug reports for GNU Guix skribis: > >> I can't use GNOME anymore because of the problem I explained in the foll= owing thread: >> >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-02/msg00206.html >> >> On recent system upgrades, the problem got worse. Before, I could get to= the end of the day despite the leak; but now it takes around 3 hours for t= he .gnome-shell-real process run by the gdm user to eat the remaining RAM. > > Ouch. > >> It seems that the bug is stronger in the GNOME desktop, but I've seen, a= t least once, .gnome-shell-real using an abnormal amount of RAM while in sw= ay (about 800 MiB). > > Could you check if it happens in a VM? That is, you build your GNOME > config with =E2=80=98guix system vm=E2=80=99, try to do some activity in = the VM, and > check in top whether =E2=80=98gnome-shell=E2=80=99 is growing. That looks like an upstream problem https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/64 are we going to investigate backporting a fix? janneke --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.com