Show notification when systemd-oomd forces apps to stop
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
| Jammy |
Incomplete
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Impact
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Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 LTS includes a new feature where systemd-oomd is enabled by default to hopefully improve system responsiveness and act before the kernel's OOM killer goes into effect.
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However, users are never informed that their app or process has been forced to stop or why it was done. This is a common complaint.
GNOME 43 includes a notification for this so we should backport that notification to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This notification is provided by gnome-settings-
Test Case
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TODO
What Could Go Wrong
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TODO
Other Info
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This adds translatable strings but translations won't be updated until the next language package update, scheduled for shortly before Ubuntu 22.04.2 is released (so approximately late January).
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| Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Jammy): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| description: | updated |
