I ran a strace on the xfsettingsd pid, logged out, logged in and I could see a lot of these repeating:
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}]) writev(3, [{"\20\0\3\0\3\0\0\0AltL", 12}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 12 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}]) recvmsg(3, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\0\213\346\0\0\0\0\232\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32 recvmsg(3, 0x7fffc492a350, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) recvmsg(3, 0x7fffc492a350, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}]) writev(3, [{"\20\0\5\0\n\0\0\0LevelThree\0\0", 20}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 20 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}]) recvmsg(3, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\0\214\346\0\0\0\0\233\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32 recvmsg(3, 0x7fffc492a350, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) recvmsg(3, 0x7fffc492a350, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}]) writev(3, [{"\20\0\3\0\4\0\0\0LAlt", 12}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 12 poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}]) recvmsg(3, {msg_name(0)=NULL, msg_iov(1)=[{"\1\0\215\346\0\0\0\0\234\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32 recvmsg(3, 0x7fffc492a350, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) recvmsg(3, 0x7fffc492a350, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) The values are different between the calls as you can see (though usually similar), but they seem to be repeating endlessly, till the system settles down several minutes down the road, when it all stops. Not sure if relevant, let me know if I can provide any information that could help track the issue down. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395547 Title: xfsettingsd and xfce4-volumed using a lot of CPU after screen lock / unlock To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1395547/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp