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

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Package: guix;

Reported by: sirgazil <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:19:02 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 41215

Done: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>

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From: sirgazil <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>
To: "40116" <40116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#40116: GDM: Memory leak in .gnome-shell-real process
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:01:11 -0500

I experience the same as Julien yesterday in a computer reconfigured with sway (no GNOME), but still using GDM. Here's a screenshot of "top" with gdm's .gnome-shell-real using 2.5 GiB of RAM:

https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/gnome-shell-real-leak-sway-2020-03-22.png

I'm currently trying other other desktop environments in combination with slim login manager to work around the issue.
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