Re: GDM, GNOME and RAM issue

[sirgazil]

 ---- On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:19:37 -0500 sirgazil <address@hidden> wrote ----
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I've been experiencing the following behavior for months, but didn't have 
 > the time to report anything.
 > 
 > When I boot, a fresh GNOME session uses around 1.3 GiB (I don't know if this 
 > is normal).
 > 
 > After several hours of work, the desktop starts feeling somewhat slow (e.g. 
 > when launching apps, switching work spaces). When this happens, RAM usage is 
 > around 3 GiB (of 4 GiB in total). If I continue working, RAM usage continues 
 > to go up little by little, and I have to reboot at some point, because 
 > memory is not released and things become slower.
 > 
 > When RAM usage is very high, closing all applications reduces usage to 2 GiB 
 > approx. (which I think is too high). If I log out and then log back in, 
 > those 2 GiB are still in use (which I think is odd).
 > 
 > Here are some screenshots of resource usage reported by the "top" program. 
 > GDM looks suspicious:
 > 
 > • RAM usage after several hours of work with the applications I use every 
 > day still running:
 > 
 >     
 > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-hours-of-work-all-apps-2020-02-23.png
 > 
 > • RAM usage after closing all applications:
 > 
 >     
 > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-hours-of-work-all-apps-closed-2020-02-23.png
 > 
 > • RAM usage after logging out and then login back in:
 > 
 >     
 > https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/gnome-session-after-hours-of-work-re-log-in-2020-02-23.png
 > 
 > 
 > I decided to try sway to see if I had the same problem there, but I think it 
 > is something related to GDM+GNOME. In sway, a fresh session uses around 700 
 > MiB; after hours of work (using the same applications I use every day), RAM 
 > usage stays between 2 and 2.5 GiB; and when I exit all applications, RAM 
 > seems to be released ok (descends to 900 MiB approx.).
 > 

I just reported this problem to the issue tracker: 
http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40116