Public bug reported: This was reported upstream in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/853 and closed since it is a problem in shell and not mutter. I requested the maintainer to move it to gnome-shell tracker instead of merely closing the issue. Otherwise I will file a new ticket.
It is no exaggeration to say that the problem makes the video recorder unusable. In barely two or three seconds the shell becomes slow and barely responsive, memory usage easily scales up to 3 or 4 GB and never goes down except by restarting the shell [1]. The video recorder is an important tool for reporting problems. Besides, an average user might not even now that there is such thing as a shell, let alone "shell restarting", so please consider the awful impression this might make regarding overall performance of the system. --- [1] Which is specially annoying in ubuntu 19.10 because of a bug in chromium snap (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium- browser/+bug/1848841) when restarting shell that forces me to also restart chromium. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-18.19-generic 5.3.1 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Oct 19 19:43:29 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-13 (128 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1848895 Title: Video recorder uses up to GBs of memory in a few seconds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1848895/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
