This is the king of message filling up the logs: Nov 06 16:21:40 delly gnome-shell[5259]: Attempting to run a JS callback during garbage collection. This is most likely caused by destroying a Clutter actor or GTK widget with ::destroy signal connected, or using the destroy(), dispose(), or remove() vfuncs. Because it would crash the application, it has been blocke> Nov 06 16:21:40 delly gnome-shell[5259]: The offending callback was SourceFunc().
Also note that gnome-shell takes 100% CPU -- 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/1908429 Title: gnome-shell bug journald and syslog all filled up Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Issue is explained in detail here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME /gnome-shell/-/issues/1868 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Wed Dec 16 18:56:56 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-01 (258 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.2 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1908429/+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
