Gnome shell in ubuntu 17.10 using alot of CPU

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Since the update to 17.10 gnome shell is included in ubuntu what i love. Before the update i always ran a gnome shell on top of it.

But on the gnome shell of 17.10 i noticed that the gnome shell uses alot of CPU. Not always but in spikes.

Is there a solution to this?

Are you in Wayland? If so, what happens if you switch to Xorg? — pomsky, Feb 22 '18 at 16:39
@pomsky if wayland is the default launcher of ubuntu in 17.10 yes i am. and i havn't tested that yet — Cyber_Star, Feb 22 '18 at 16:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '18 at 17:51

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More than likely it's an GNOME Shell extension that you've installed.

Go to https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ and disable any new/recent extensions that you may have installed, and then log out, and then log back in. See if the problem is gone. If it is, go back and re-enable one extension at a time to narrow down which one caused your problem.

answered Feb 22 '18 at 17:51

heynnema

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Disabled them all and seems to work. Should have tought about this. thanks – Cyber_Star Feb 22 '18 at 22:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 08:42

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I noticed this as well, the CPU would never go less than 20% and would often shoot over 50% while just moving the mouse, and also the mouse cursor wasn't moving smoothly.

I was using Wayland and I just gave X11 a try and I noticed that it works fine on X.

answered Jul 10 '18 at 08:42

Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu

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Gnome shell in ubuntu 17.10 using alot of CPU

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