I have this problem, too. Essentially I have two instances of couchdb running. One is a zombie called 'desktop-couch-se' that is zombie in 'do_exit()', the other is called 'desktop-couch-service' in do_wait() that is fine' couchdb itself has two instances as well, one is in 'do_wait()' the other is in 'pipe_wait()'. Also, when the thread becomes zombie my desktop wallpaper and fonts become garbled and CPU gets laggy (like a memory leak). I am using the rt overclock option for pulseaudio that can be installed with jackaudio and this problem started for me with Ubuntu 11.04. Here is a log from ~/.cache
2011-09-20 08:46:46,669 INFO Loaded Ubuntu One extension for desktopcouch. 2011-09-20 08:46:46,669 INFO adding desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing to to blocking semaphore list 2011-09-20 08:46:46,670 DEBUG starting dbus main loop 2011-09-20 08:46:51,720 DEBUG Not adding desktopcouch pairing since we are already paired 2011-09-20 08:46:51,720 INFO removing semaphore for desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing 2011-09-20 11:50:51,556 INFO Loaded Ubuntu One extension for desktopcouch. 2011-09-20 11:50:51,556 INFO adding desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing to to blocking semaphore list 2011-09-20 11:50:51,557 DEBUG starting dbus main loop 2011-09-20 11:50:59,862 DEBUG Not adding desktopcouch pairing since we are already paired 2011-09-20 11:50:59,862 INFO removing semaphore for desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing 2011-09-20 20:42:34,964 INFO Loaded Ubuntu One extension for desktopcouch. 2011-09-20 20:42:35,010 INFO adding desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing to to blocking semaphore list 2011-09-20 20:42:35,011 DEBUG starting dbus main loop 2011-09-20 20:42:38,219 DEBUG Not adding desktopcouch pairing since we are already paired 2011-09-20 20:42:38,220 INFO removing semaphore for desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing 2011-09-20 23:52:21,173 INFO Loaded Ubuntu One extension for desktopcouch. 2011-09-20 23:52:21,189 INFO adding desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing to to blocking semaphore list 2011-09-20 23:52:21,190 DEBUG starting dbus main loop 2011-09-20 23:52:23,881 DEBUG Not adding desktopcouch pairing since we are already paired 2011-09-20 23:52:23,882 INFO removing semaphore for desktopcouch.application.plugins.ubuntuone_pairing attached is my desktop-couch-replication.log which seems to get frequent errors from SSL. ** Attachment added: "replication log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/desktopcouch/+bug/764931/+attachment/2436144/+files/desktop-couch-replication.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/764931 Title: desktop couch service changes to zombieprocess To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/desktopcouch/+bug/764931/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs