Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-10-03 Thread Earl A Ramirez
> > > How about contributing the info they need on the upstream bug (see link > above) to fix this issue? Free software can only evolve if people > contribute, this includes useful information for fixing bugs. > > Will do. -- Kind Regards Earl Ramirez

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-24 Thread Christian Stadelmann
> Looks like I'm suffering from the bug that was reported years ago, I am > running the vanilla shell that exists in Fedora 24, looks like I will have > to use an alternate Desktop Environment because I don't know why the > gnome-shell has such horrible memory management that can consume up 6GB >

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-24 Thread Andre Robatino
> What version of Fedora are you using? F24 x86_64 (clean install). It doesn't use that much memory for me - I have 16 GB, and after a day or so it gets to as high as 2%, restarting gets it down to about 0.8%. I got into the habit when the machine had less memory and it would get up to around

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-24 Thread Earl A Ramirez
> > > > I don't HAVE to do it, I just like to keep the memory usage down. If > there's supposed to be some kind of performance gain from the high usage, I > don't see it - AFAICT it works just as well after the restart as before. If > it's caching something it would be interesting to know what. >

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-24 Thread Earl A Ramirez
On 23 September 2016 at 20:37, Christian Stadelmann < genodeft...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > This is a common issue with gnome-shell. > 1. Can you try disabling any gnome-shell extension and see whether it is > still present? If no, then one of your extensions is to blame. There is no > easy way

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-24 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 23 September 2016, Joe Zeff sent: > if this were a common issue, there'd be a Bugzilla about it There is, going back several years. > and probably a fast patch. Scoff! Only if they admit that they're doing it the wrong way. I gave up on Gnome when they made a desktop

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Andre Robatino
> On 09/23/2016 01:23 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > > If you have to restart Gnome Shell daily, there's something wrong, > either with your system or Gnome Shell itself. I don't HAVE to do it, I just like to keep the memory usage down. If there's supposed to be some kind of performance gain from

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/23/2016 02:44 PM, Christian Stadelmann wrote: On 09/23/2016 01:23 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > >If you have to restart Gnome Shell daily, there's something wrong, >either with your system or Gnome Shell itself. That's probably true. I'm just here to help, not to complain. Well, I can't

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Christian Stadelmann
> On 09/23/2016 01:23 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: > > If you have to restart Gnome Shell daily, there's something wrong, > either with your system or Gnome Shell itself. That's probably true. I'm just here to help, not to complain. ___ users mailing

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/23/2016 01:23 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: I don't know if it's normal, but I've gotten into the habit of checking periodically and restarting gnome shell with "Alt-F2 r" if it's high. I do this maybe once a day. If you have to restart Gnome Shell daily, there's something wrong, either

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Andre Robatino
I don't know if it's normal, but I've gotten into the habit of checking periodically and restarting gnome shell with "Alt-F2 r" if it's high. I do this maybe once a day. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Roman
В Пт, 23/09/2016 в 18:37 +, Christian Stadelmann пишет: > This is a common issue with gnome-shell. > 1. Can you try disabling any gnome-shell extension and see whether it > is still present? If no, then one of your extensions is to blame. > There is no easy way except manually

Re: Gnome shell high memory usage

2016-09-23 Thread Christian Stadelmann
This is a common issue with gnome-shell. 1. Can you try disabling any gnome-shell extension and see whether it is still present? If no, then one of your extensions is to blame. There is no easy way except manually enabling/disabling them and having a look at gnome-shell's RAM usage. 2. If you