Hi David, > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:42:40 +0100 > Subject: Re: Bug#602354: base: apt-get runs in top consuming 90% cpu. 0% > idle. uptime 18:45. > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Hi olson, > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:49, Holger Levsen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> apt-get is top process consuming 90 percent cpu after the update manager > >> runs. The system idle is 0.0%. The system has been up for 18 hours. This > >> can be reproduced. I have to kill the apt-get process with a minus one to > >> resolve. The parent process is /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/apt. > > Could you run > apt-get update > by hand as root, so we can see where apt hangs, please? > > > Attaching your sources.lists could be useful, too: > find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec cat {} \; > > Specifically: Do you have a CD/DVD/USB-{stick,disk} as a source? > (I remember skipping over a similar sounding bug in report in launchpad…) > > > Best regards > > David Kalnischkies
I ran apt-get update as root. It pauses and waits for me to insert the Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02. I could just comment this out in the sources.list. Here is my sources.list. ol...@squeeze:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02]/ squeeze contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02]/ squeeze contrib main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib ol...@squeeze:~$ My source for the install was a DVD from the weekly builds downloaded 10/30/2010 via jigdo. When I run apt-get update by hand as root I get this. Inserted the DVD and allowed it to complete. ol...@squeeze:~$ su - Password: r...@squeeze:~# apt-get update Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02] squeeze Release.gpg Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg [835 B] Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en_US Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_US Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release [89.9 kB] Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main Sources Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib Sources Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main i386 Packages Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/contrib i386 Packages Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main Sources/DiffIndex [2,038 B] Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,038 B] Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main 2010-11-03-1424.03.pdiff [232 B] Get:6 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main 2010-11-03-1424.03.pdiff [232 B] Get:7 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main 2010-11-03-1424.03.pdiff [232 B] Get:8 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 2010-11-03-1424.03.pdiff [626 B] Get:9 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 2010-11-03-1424.03.pdiff [626 B] Get:10 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 2010-11-03-1424.03.pdiff [626 B] Get:11 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main 2010-11-04-0223.48.pdiff [2,215 B] Get:12 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main 2010-11-04-0223.48.pdiff [2,215 B] Get:13 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main 2010-11-04-0223.48.pdiff [2,215 B] Get:14 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 2010-11-04-0223.48.pdiff [4,348 B] Get:15 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 2010-11-04-0223.48.pdiff [4,348 B] Get:16 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main i386 2010-11-04-0223.48.pdiff [4,348 B] Media change: please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02' in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press enter Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02]/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02]/ squeeze/contrib Translation-en_US Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02]/ squeeze/main Translation-en Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02]/ squeeze/main Translation-en_US Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02] squeeze Release Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02] squeeze/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Squeeze_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20101025-04:02] squeeze/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex Fetched 102 kB in 38min 10s (45 B/s) Reading package lists... Done r...@squeeze:~# Thanks, Bruce Olson
