attached you can find a screenshot of htop after deleting multiple files. The ram usage does not seem to be dependent of the files deleted (no apparent difference between deleting 200 files totaling 75mb and 500 files totaling 700mb) In this instance there were almost 40 processes of the gnome-shell running "alt+f2" "r" cleared the used ram but did not reduce the number of gnome-shell processes.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2022-03-01 10-54-41.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1962565/+attachment/5564430/+files/Screenshot%20from%202022-03-01%2010-54-41.jpg -- 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/1962565 Title: gnome-shell occupies a lot of ram and blocks system Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: sometimes the system uses 11GB of 16GB ram for 10+ gnome-shell processes. It seemingly occurs as soon as deleting files via the file manager. It occurred for me when trying to delete 500 files with a total of 700mb but also when just deleting 200 files totaling around 75mb. A suggested solution to try gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-trash false (bug 1876641, mentioned to me in bug 1962357) did not resolve the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-100.113-generic 5.4.166 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-100-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Mar 1 10:52:52 2022 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-06-02 (271 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 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/1962565/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
