GNOME 45 is Here. What’s Working, What’s Not?

Desktop Environments Gnome
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BT

:fireworks:

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Thanks so much for the notification! :partying_face: Didn’t realize I had removed it and thought it never got updated LOL

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You are welcome!

Nice to see it is back on the GNOME track again.

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Pop shell failed for me with the error described here:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell#comment-938155

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Every time I installed an extension I need to restart so it can appear on the extension program, is it supposed to be that way or am i missing something?

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Not really or not always. In case they don’t show up, a logout and log back in should be sufficient.

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The 45.1-1 updates of gnome-shell and mutter are causing problems on my computer - launching, using, and closing apps during a session will eventually cause gnome-shell to run wild on the CPU (up to 15% in contrast to the regular 1~3% on my machine), causing temps to rise (I noticed because my laptop’s fan will turn up when it normally wouldn’t). Sometimes just leaving the apps open while not focused will cause the spike also :thinking: The affected apps are Chromium, Edge, Webcord and Discord, all installed as Flatpaks - doesn’t happen with Firefox however, or Quodlibet, both also installed as Flatpaks.

Posting this report here as I’ve not seen it anywhere on this forum or on other places - in case anyone is experiencing the same problem, downgrading both packages by one version eliminates the issue. Disabling extensions did not solve the issue on 45.1-1, selectively and universally.

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I’m downloading Gnome 45 (Fedora) right now to see how it will work. . . KDE is also available. It’s always nice to see how different distro’s work and come together. Check out Fedora’s website if your’re interested. I’m doing this because I used about 25 different distro’s over the years. I love EndeavourOS now because it is cutting edge with the latest up to date software in so far as I can tell. The daily updates keeps me on my toes and it just works very well. Sure I’ve had some issues but the EndeavourOS community is terrific.

Rich;)

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Thank-you for sharing. Since it’s not showing up on other forums, I will stay on 45.1

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Happy to share :smile: I tried updating mutter and gnome-shell to 45.1-1 again just now to see if it has anything to do with Extensions after all (Blur My Shell has been updated like twice in the past week), but after 3 minutes of starting the session I could see the CPU usage spike still kicking in and sending my CPU temps to above 75 degrees Celsius. Oh well, back to 45.0+r49+…-1 I go.

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Not happening to me, could it be machine specific?

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Ouch, I hope not… I don’t even know where to start debugging/looking for the root of the issue (journalctl does not seem to catch any errors), and I don’t have another device running Linux to compare. For reference, here are graphics-relevant entries from inxi -Faz:

Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20L8S2KG03 v: ThinkPad T480s
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20L8S2KG03 v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N22ET78W (1.55 )
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF4
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: DP-2,eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) IPS224 built: 2011 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14c9 built: 2016 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
    drv: iris x11: drv: iris
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:5917 memory: 15.03 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :0.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.269 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
    UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 23.2.1-arch1.2
    device-ID: 8086:5917 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland

EDIT: Okay, I uninstalled gdm-settings and disabled all extensions and the CPU spike seems to have stopped. I’ve also re-enabled Dash to Dock and used my computer as normal (launching-closing programs, leaving the previously mentioned Flatpaks and leaving them in the background, media playback, etc.) - no spike for about 30 minutes now. I guess it really is an Extension problem - either Blur My Shell, QSTweak, or Just Perfection? :thinking:

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A bit further up:

I use Blur My Shell and QSTweak. I haven’t had no issues with high cpu usage.
gdm-settings may very well be the culprit.

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Yeah, I remembered about having it installed earlier today. I’m doubtful it is (only?) gdm-settings causing problems in my case, and I suspect it’s Just Perfection making gnome-shell go wild. I’ve re-enabled BMS, and QSTweak as soon as I saw your reply about 20 minutes ago (many thanks!) and everything seems to be under control. Now I just need to find an alternative extension for hiding the workspace preview boxes in the app drawer…

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For what it may be worth, uninstalling GDM settings fixed some minor issue I had with Gnome 45 as well. When I re-installed GDM-settings later, the problems didn’t come back.

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