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algorythm

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/FIN

Registered: 2009-07-17

Posts: 181

Gnome-shell duplicate instance

Every time I boot, "gnome-shell" has a duplicate instance, and the other one (I don't know which) is taking up about 5-6% CPU, until I:

killall -9 gnome-shell

And the other one stays dead, and CPU usage drops back to <1%.

How do I prevent the duplicate? I'm using GDM through the .service.

Last edited by algorythm (2016-02-16 18:28:07)

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gedgon

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From: Poland

Registered: 2011-01-27

Posts: 95

Re: Gnome-shell duplicate instance

It's not a bug, it's a feature :-/ https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747339#c4

algorythm

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From: /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/FIN

Registered: 2009-07-17

Posts: 181

Re: Gnome-shell duplicate instance

Apparently, if I revisit GDM (TTY1), CPU usage goes down to the <1%, then when I return, I only need to switch the wallpaper, which is (for the time being) graphically distorted.

I don't feel like this is intended?

Last edited by algorythm (2016-02-21 16:01:00)

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“If everybody thought alike, no one would be thinking very much.”  — Walter Lippmann (adapted)
“The important thing is to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”  — Charles Dubois

hussam

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Registered: 2006-03-26

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Re: Gnome-shell duplicate instance

Apparently, if I revisit GDM (TTY1), CPU usage goes down to the <1%, then when I return, I only need to switch the wallpaper, which is (for the time being) graphically distorted.

I don't feel like this is intended?

The CPU issue is fixed in gnome 3.19.x (3.20 development releases). The spinner in the GDM (TTY1) instance was not stopping till you revisit TTY1.

Last edited by hussam (2016-02-21 22:06:57)