This bug annoys me greatly. Tried your package as well. It remains silent. No debug output at all.
I don't know which changes you tried, but I've tried putting some printf() hooks within xrecord_callback(), e.g.: cbres = (struct xrecord_callback_results *)closure; int check = recorded_data->category != XRecordFromServer; static int i=0; printf("event %d [%d]!\n", i++, check); if (recorded_data->category != XRecordFromServer) { This code path, under normal operation, is supposed to be called. When the process is spinning, it seems to not enter xrecord_callback() at all. The events received are not key events, as is visible from this gdb extract (I compiled the package with -g): (gdb) fin Run till exit from #0 0x00007f187e3ab123 in __select_nocancel () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:82 0x0000000000401fb2 in record_main_loop (display=0x140b010, idle_time=0.5) at ../../tools/syndaemon.c:413 413 ret = select(fd+1 /* =(max descriptor in read_fds) + 1 */, (gdb) n 417 if (FD_ISSET(fd, &read_fds)) { (gdb) 419 cbres.key_event = 0; (gdb) 420 cbres.non_modifier_event = 0; (gdb) 422 XRecordProcessReplies(dpy_data); (gdb) 424 if (!ignore_modifier_keys && cbres.key_event) { (gdb) p cbres $1 = {modifiers = 0x1418ae0, key_event = 0, non_modifier_event = 0, pressed_modifiers = '\000' <repeats 15 times>} (gdb) n 428 if (cbres.non_modifier_event && (gdb) 434 if (disable_event) { (gdb) p disable_event $2 = 0 (gdb) p pad_disabled $3 = 0 I'll keep hunting a bit. E. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/754470 Title: syndaemon consumes 100% CPU -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs