Public bug reported: After around 3 days of uptime, gnome-shell is using almost 6 GB of RAM in Ubuntu 17.10.
Most applications won't run due to "unable to fork". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 29 15:17:47 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'enabled-extensions' b"['[email protected]', '[email protected]', '[email protected]', '[email protected]', 'show-desktop-button@amivaleo', '[email protected]', 'Random_Walls@Antares', '[email protected]']" b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'chromium-browser.desktop', 'org.gnome.gedit.desktop', 'libreoffice-calc.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'google-chrome.desktop', 'slack.desktop', 'org.gnome.Calculator.desktop', 'org.gnome.Screenshot.desktop', 'telegramdesktop.desktop']" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'ibus'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'icon-theme' b"'Humanity'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-25 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728345 Title: gnome-shell is using gigabytes of RAM in Ubuntu 17.10 Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After around 3 days of uptime, gnome-shell is using almost 6 GB of RAM in Ubuntu 17.10. Most applications won't run due to "unable to fork". ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 29 15:17:47 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'enabled-extensions' b"['[email protected]', '[email protected]', '[email protected]', '[email protected]', 'show-desktop-button@amivaleo', '[email protected]', 'Random_Walls@Antares', '[email protected]']" b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'chromium-browser.desktop', 'org.gnome.gedit.desktop', 'libreoffice-calc.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'google-chrome.desktop', 'slack.desktop', 'org.gnome.Calculator.desktop', 'org.gnome.Screenshot.desktop', 'telegramdesktop.desktop']" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'ibus'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'icon-theme' b"'Humanity'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-show-date' b'true' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-25 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1728345/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
