Public bug reported: This behavior began with upgrade to 12.04, no problems in 11.10.
strace reveals that the cpu is consumed by continuous polling. Putting thunderbird "offline" stops the polling. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: thunderbird 11.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: weinberg 6305 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120410225911 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc020000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)' Components : 'HDA:14f15051,17aa211c,00100000 HDA:14f12c06,17aa2122,00100000' Controls : 21 Simple ctrls : 13 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7VHT12WW-1.01' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7VHT12WW-1.01' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: release Date: Mon Apr 30 20:52:35 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IpRoute: default via 10.0.1.254 dev wlan0 proto static 10.0.0.0/22 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.1.8 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0.1/20120410225911 (Running) RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-06 (24 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7UET61WW (2.07 ) dmi.board.name: 2764CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET61WW(2.07):bd02/13/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2764CTO:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn2764CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2764CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise release-channel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/992326 Title: Thunderbird polls continuously, using an entire core Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This behavior began with upgrade to 12.04, no problems in 11.10. strace reveals that the cpu is consumed by continuous polling. Putting thunderbird "offline" stops the polling. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: thunderbird 11.0.1+build1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: weinberg 6305 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120410225911 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc020000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)' Components : 'HDA:14f15051,17aa211c,00100000 HDA:14f12c06,17aa2122,00100000' Controls : 21 Simple ctrls : 13 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7VHT12WW-1.01' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7VHT12WW-1.01' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: release Date: Mon Apr 30 20:52:35 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IpRoute: default via 10.0.1.254 dev wlan0 proto static 10.0.0.0/22 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.1.8 metric 2 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0.1/20120410225911 (Running) RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-06 (24 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7UET61WW (2.07 ) dmi.board.name: 2764CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7UET61WW(2.07):bd02/13/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2764CTO:pvrThinkPadT400:rvnLENOVO:rn2764CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2764CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T400 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/992326/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp