hard disk swapping on continuously since Ubuntu 21.10

[Eugene Hickey]

CPU usage up at ~80% even though nothing running

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: gnome-shell 40.5-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-22.22-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Nov 30 08:46:23 2021
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-12 (1449 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 40.5-1ubuntu3~21.10.1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-11-10 (20 days ago)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

You appear to have an extension enabled that will impact performance:

  '<email address hidden>'

so please start by uninstalling that and to be sure also run:

  cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/
  rm -rf extensions

and then log in again.

If the problem still happens after that then while it is happening please run:

  journalctl -b0 > journal.txt

and attach the resulting text file here.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

If the problem does still happen after that then please try:

  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface clock-show-seconds false

If that solves it then the problem is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/2085 which I am working on right now :)