Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdm
I upgraded a machine from 9.04 to 9.10. It seems like the upgrade went fine but the machine become very slow so I looked at top and the load looked like this: top - 14:26:17 up 2:22, 2 users, load average: 10.45, 7.70, 7.01 events/0 was the process that where using all CPU: 6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 8.4 0.0 13:27.61 events/0 There are billions of entries like this in /var/log/daemon.log: Oct 25 08:01:22 rancor-server gdm-binary[18043]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.188203 seconds Oct 25 08:01:22 rancor-server gdm-binary[18043]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors Oct 25 08:01:22 rancor-server init: gdm main process (18043) terminated with status 1 Oct 25 08:01:22 rancor-server init: gdm main process ended, respawning Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: Unable to find users: no seat-id found Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client 18074[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18083[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.194542 seconds Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client 18083[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18088[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.187878 seconds Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client 18088[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18093[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.178990 seconds Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client 18093[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18098[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.191647 seconds Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client 18098[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18103[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:23 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.179332 seconds Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server acpid: client 18103[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18108[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.187424 seconds Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server gdm-binary[18078]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server init: gdm main process (18078) terminated with status 1 Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server init: gdm main process ended, respawning Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server gdm-binary[18111]: WARNING: Unable to find users: no seat-id found Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server acpid: client 18108[0:0] has disconnected Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server acpid: client connected from 18117[0:0] Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server gdm-binary[18111]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.185207 seconds Oct 25 08:01:24 rancor-server acpid: client 18117[0:0] has disconnected I got no clue what to do ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 25 14:20:40 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: gdm 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: gdm Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:14783): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed (nautilus:14764): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed ** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- gdm-binary[????]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.?????? seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs