It sounds like gputop is reporting main memory usage rather than
graphics memory usage. But either way 3GB of RSS is too high.
Please start by removing all local extensions:
cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/
rm -rf extensions
and then log in again.
We need to remove extensions from the equation first because they are so
often the cause of peoples' bugs, and particularly memory leaks.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => ubuntu
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Title:
Gnome-shell process eats a lot of video RAM
Status in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
I have a laptop with an iGPU and Intel CPU i5-11320H with 16 GB of RAM. My OS
is Ubuntu 24.10 (beta).
According to `gputop`, the gnome-shell eats a lot of video RAM:
```
DRM minor 1
PID MEM RSS render copy video NAME
28304 3G 3G | 0.3% ▏|| 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% | gnome-shell
DRM minor 128
PID MEM RSS render copy video NAME
28753 12M 12M | 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% | Xwayland
28534 6M 6M | 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% |
xwaylandvideobr
38218 209M 209M | 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% | nautilus
42535 343M 343M | 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% | chrome
```
Sometimes it can cunsume up to 12G - 14G and the system hungs.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10
Package: gnome-shell 47.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-39.39-generic 6.8.8
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 29 21:43:04 2024
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-07-11 (446 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 47.0-1ubuntu3
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2024-09-15 (14 days ago)
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