Debian Bug report logs - #790069
gnome-shell uses 100% CPU for some time on random system tray area access

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Package: gnome-shell; Maintainer for gnome-shell is Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>; Source for gnome-shell is src:gnome-shell (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: "L. Guruprasad" <lgp171188@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:51:01 UTC

Severity: important

Found in version gnome-shell/3.16.2-4

Done: Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, lgp171188@gmail.com, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#790069; Package gnome-shell. (Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:51:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to "L. Guruprasad" <lgp171188@gmail.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to lgp171188@gmail.com, Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Fri, 26 Jun 2015 18:51:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "L. Guruprasad" <lgp171188@gmail.com>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gnome-shell uses 100% CPU for some time on random system tray area access
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 00:17:46 +0530
Package: gnome-shell
Version: 3.16.2-4
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

When accessing the system tray area in the bottom right corner of the screen, some times
the system freezes for many minutes due to gnome-shell using 100% CPU. I have seen this
issue often on trying to access the system tray area but not always.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.0.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.24.0-2
ii  evolution-data-server                        3.16.3-1+b1
ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.40-2
ii  gir1.2-atspi-2.0                             2.16.0-1
ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.18.1-1
ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0                           1.22.2-3
ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.44.0-1+b1
ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.16.0-1
ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     3.16.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gdm3                                  3.14.1-8
ii  gir1.2-gkbd-3.0                              3.6.0-1
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.44.0-1+b1
ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.16.1-1
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0                      3.16.2-2
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.16.4-2
ii  gir1.2-gweather-3.0                          3.16.1-1
ii  gir1.2-ibus-1.0                              1.5.10-1
ii  gir1.2-mutter-3.0                            3.16.2-2
ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0                    1.0.2-2
ii  gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0                             1.0.2-1
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.36.8-3
ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-8
ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.50.0-2
ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12                    0.24.1-1
ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2                   0.8.1-1
ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.99.3-1+b1
ii  gjs                                          1.43.3-2
ii  gnome-backgrounds                            3.16.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic                    3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.16.2-3
ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.16.2-4
ii  gnome-themes-standard                        3.16.2-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.16.1-1
ii  libatk-bridge2.0-0                           2.16.0-1
ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.16.0-2
ii  libc6                                        2.19-18
ii  libcairo2                                    1.14.2-2
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0                           0.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra0                                 0.30-2.1
ii  libclutter-1.0-0                             1.22.2-3
ii  libcogl-pango20                              1.20.0-2
ii  libcogl20                                    1.20.0-2
ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.8-3+b1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.102-1
ii  libecal-1.2-18                               3.16.3-1+b1
ii  libedataserver-1.2-20                        3.16.3-1+b1
ii  libgcr-base-3-1                              3.16.0-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.31.4-2
ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.44.0-1+b1
ii  libgjs0e [libgjs0-libmozjs-24-0]             1.43.3-2
ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.44.1-1
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0                            1.4.5-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.16.4-2
ii  libical1a                                    1.0-1.3
ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           1.0.4-1
ii  libmozjs-24-0                                24.2.0-3
ii  libmutter0f                                  3.16.2-2
ii  libnm-glib4                                  1.0.2-2
ii  libnm-util2                                  1.0.2-2
ii  libpango-1.0-0                               1.36.8-3
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0                          1.36.8-3
ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-8
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-8
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      6.0-2
ii  libpulse0                                    6.0-2
ii  libsecret-1-0                                0.18.2-1
ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-4
ii  libsystemd0                                  220-7
ii  libtelepathy-glib0                           0.24.1-1
ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0.1-2+b2
ii  mutter                                       3.16.2-2
ii  python3                                      3.4.2-2
ii  telepathy-mission-control-5                  1:5.16.3-1

Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
ii  gdm3                  3.14.1-8
ii  gkbd-capplet          3.6.0-1
ii  gnome-contacts        3.16.2-1
ii  gnome-control-center  1:3.16.2-2+b1
ii  gnome-user-guide      3.16.1-1
ii  unzip                 6.0-17

gnome-shell suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



Reply sent to Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:24:21 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to "L. Guruprasad" <lgp171188@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:24:21 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 790069-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>
To: 767083-done@bugs.debian.org, 775162-done@bugs.debian.org, 775897-done@bugs.debian.org, 782687-done@bugs.debian.org, 790069-done@bugs.debian.org, 793958-done@bugs.debian.org, 794794-done@bugs.debian.org, 796541-done@bugs.debian.org, 797300-done@bugs.debian.org, 799354-done@bugs.debian.org, 803351-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: closing old GNOME Shell bugs
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:22:25 -0400
There have been many changes to Debian since this bug was originally
reported. If you are still experiencing this issue with Debian 12 (or
with Testing or Unstable), please report a new bug.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha



Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 20 May 2025 07:31:30 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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