I encountered the same issue, but visible through open file handles in Fedora. Every time the desktop background is changed with gsettings, a filehandle is opened that is never closed. I filed a bug report with gnome: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/5796
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues #5796 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/5796 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1423773 Title: [memory leak] Gnome-Shell don't free ram when changing the wallpaper Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sorry for my bad english, here is the link to see the error by yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53tt-6v81Y&feature=youtu.be To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1423773/+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
