From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sirgazil Subject: GDM, GNOME and RAM issue Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:37 -0500 Message-ID: <17078361cfc.cd3808e751818.4275702550541103094@zoho.com> 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]:49621) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j6HOX-00036B-RY for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:51 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j6HOW-0004o7-Nz for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:49 -0500 Received: from sender4-pp-o91.zoho.com ([136.143.188.91]:25114) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j6HOW-0004mx-FQ for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:48 -0500 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Guix Help Hello, I've been experiencing the following behavior for months, but didn't have t= he time to report anything. When I boot, a fresh GNOME session uses around 1.3 GiB (I don't know if thi= s 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 conti= nues to go up little by little, and I have to reboot at some point, because= memory is not released and things become slower. When RAM usage is very high, closing all applications reduces usage to 2 Gi= B approx. (which I think is too high). If I log out and then log back in, t= hose 2 GiB are still in use (which I think is odd). Here are some screenshots of resource usage reported by the "top" program. = GDM looks suspicious: =E2=80=A2 RAM usage after several hours of work with the applications I use= every day still running: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-h= ours-of-work-all-apps-2020-02-23.png =E2=80=A2 RAM usage after closing all applications: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-h= ours-of-work-all-apps-closed-2020-02-23.png =E2=80=A2 RAM usage after logging out and then login back in: https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-h= ours-of-work-re-log-in-2020-02-23.png I decided to try sway to see if I had the same problem there, but I think i= t is something related to GDM+GNOME. In sway, a fresh session uses around 7= 00 MiB; after hours of work (using the same applications I use every day), = RAM usage stays between 2 and 2.5 GiB; and when I exit all applications, RA= M seems to be released ok (descends to 900 MiB approx.). So, I don't know... --- https://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/