This sounds similar to bug 1883456... Please: 1. Try opening the 'Extensions' app and disable 'Ubuntu AppIndicators'. Does that fix it?
2. Run 'top' and tell us if any process is using high CPU. 3. Run the following commands after you have experienced the issue: journalctl -b0 > journal.txt gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.shell > settings.txt and attach the resulting text files here. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => gnome-shell (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890001 Title: Random stuttering while in game Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Updated kernel to 5.7.12 and updated nvidia driver to 450 yesterday but only experiencing this today. Random stuttering while playing minecraft, no clue what's causing it but I checked system monitor and it shows random spikes of a cpu thread to 100% and some spikes staying at 100% for a prolonged period. It may be related to me updating my video driver that is not recommended so I will see if switching down will resolve the issue. I never had this issue on driver 440. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 Uname: Linux 5.7.12-050712-lowlatency x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.gpu0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/capabilities/gpu0' .proc.driver.nvidia.capabilities.mig: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/capabilities/mig' .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 450.57 Sun Jul 5 14:42:25 UTC 2020 GCC version: gcc version 10.2.0 (GCC) ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Aug 1 13:57:56 2020 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DpkgLog: ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation TU104 [GeForce RTX 2080 Rev. A] [10de:1e87] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] TU104 [GeForce RTX 2080 Rev. A] [1462:3726] InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-31 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z390 AORUS MASTER ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.7.12-050712-lowlatency root=UUID=76f51654-be39-4436-80da-a240e8149ca5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/04/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F7 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: Z390 AORUS MASTER-CF dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: Default string dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF7:bd12/04/2018:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnZ390AORUSMASTER:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnZ390AORUSMASTER-CF:rvrDefaultstring:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: Default string dmi.product.name: Z390 AORUS MASTER dmi.product.sku: Default string dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1890001/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp