The first thing we need to check is what extensions might be installed system-wide that could interfere with the login screen. Please run 'gnome-shell-extension-prefs' and disable/remove all but the three Ubuntu-default extensions. Then reboot.
Since this test may take some days or weeks to complete I will also mark this bug as private, to avoid noise from unwanted "me too" comments. At least until the cause of the leak is known. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Information type changed from Public to Private -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881851 Title: Memory leak from GDM's gnome-shell process Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On my laptop that I keep running but suspend/resume multiple times per day, the gnome-shell process which GDM keeps running in the background has some type of memory leak. It is currently up to 2 GiB after an "uptime" of 28 days. No issues with the actual gnome-shell process I use at 382M, though it appears to have crashed/restarted more recently. $ ps -efly S UID PID PPID C PRI NI RSS SZ WCHAN STIME TTY TIME CMD S gdm 4801 4325 0 80 0 2069448 3159004 - May05 ? 00:03:07 /usr/bin/gnome-shell S hackel 755318 5378 1 80 0 392064 1374538 poll_s May26 ? 02:21:02 /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.2-1ubuntu1~20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Wed Jun 3 00:33:57 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-03 (182 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.2-1ubuntu1~20.04.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-24 (39 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1881851/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp