Tom Badran, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com /daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number> Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder, but the one at the top) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags: kernel-fixed-upstream kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example: kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.13-rc4 This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 131094 Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness ** Package changed: tracker (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135115 Title: tracker causing very high disk useage/thrashing Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: tracker I've been tracking gutsy for a few months now, recently i noticed my disk just seems to be constantly in use (its not very quiet in this machine). The only things that seem to be running according to top are trackerd processes. They are reniced to 19 which seems sensible, but the disk useage is just crazy. Doing a full dd dump of the entire disk takes roughly 15minutes. However the tracker processes just seem to run for ages (>1hour) and cause the disk to be constantly in use for this whole time. Every now and then the system just seems to stall and things that take < 1 second usually (opening a terminal window is a good test of this) end up taking approximately 10 seconds. During these stalls the whole interface seems to be unresponsive too. I dont know exactly whats going on that causes this, but the only consistent element when investigating this has been 3 trackerd process, niced at 19, using roughly 9% cpu each (although this cpu use percentage does jump around alot, varying from 1% to 10%). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/135115/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
