Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
Video recorder uses up to GBs of memory in a few seconds
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
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.
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[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)
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