bug#40116: GDM: Memory leak in .gnome-shell-real process

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi sirgazil,

sirgazil via Bug reports for GNU Guix <address@hidden> skribis:

> I can't use GNOME anymore because of the problem I explained in the following 
> thread:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-02/msg00206.html
>
> On recent system upgrades, the problem got worse. Before, I could get to the 
> end of the day despite the leak; but now it takes around 3 hours for the 
> .gnome-shell-real process run by the gdm user to eat the remaining RAM.

Ouch.

> It seems that the bug is stronger in the GNOME desktop, but I've seen, at 
> least once, .gnome-shell-real using an abnormal amount of RAM while in sway 
> (about 800 MiB).

Could you check if it happens in a VM?  That is, you build your GNOME
config with ‘guix system vm’, try to do some activity in the VM, and
check in top whether ‘gnome-shell’ is growing.

Thanks,
Ludo’.