[Bug 680456] New: Desktop unusable due to prepare_preload using all available RAM after boot
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c0 Summary: Desktop unusable due to prepare_preload using all available RAM after boot Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mikeduck@sky.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b12) Gecko/20110222 Firefox/4.0b12 System takes a long time to boot and when the desktop loads it is unusable. The hard disk activity light is lit solidly. System Monitor reports no excessive CPU loading and only 290MB of RAM in use. "top" reports that the process prepare_preload is using all available RAM (ie 2GB) Does not happen with every boot. So far it has happened a total of 4 times in 5 reboots and one cold boot. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.any reboot 2.cold boot 3. Actual Results: Problem existed 4 times out of 6. Expected Results: Booted normally and given usable desktop in seconds. I have installed gnome-shell and this creates a problem at the end of the text screens at boot time. The last line of text is "failed to acquire org.gnome.displaymanager" but the boot continues and loads the normal gnome desktop. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c1 Ilya Chernykh <neptunia@mail.ru> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |neptunia@mail.ru --- Comment #1 from Ilya Chernykh <neptunia@mail.ru> 2011-03-17 21:43:06 UTC --- The same problem. I cannot play games after system boot up for about 20 minutes until hard disk activity stops. This is due to background disk operations by services prepare_preload and tracker on 11.4. These services take about 30% of CPU load each. How can I disable them? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c2 Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |crrodriguez@opensuse.org --- Comment #2 from Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> 2011-03-17 17:46:45 CLT --- (In reply to comment #1)
The same problem. I cannot play games after system boot up for about 20 minutes until hard disk activity stops. This is due to background disk operations by services prepare_preload and tracker on 11.4. These services take about 30% of CPU load each. How can I disable them?
zypper rm preload preload-kmp-desktop zypper rm tracker PS: Im not able to reproduce this bug. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c3 --- Comment #3 from Ilya Chernykh <neptunia@mail.ru> 2011-03-17 21:51:52 UTC --- It is impossible to rm tracker. It suggests to remove and/or change archtecture for about 227 other packages, including yast2 and zypper. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |coolo@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c4 --- Comment #4 from Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> 2011-03-17 17:58:09 CLT --- (In reply to comment #3)
It is impossible to rm tracker. It suggests to remove and/or change archtecture for about 227 other packages, including yast2 and zypper.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/what-is-trackerd-and-why-is-it-running/ helps ? killing the process may also help. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c5 --- Comment #5 from Ilya Chernykh <neptunia@mail.ru> 2011-03-17 22:00:35 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=420070) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=420070) screenshot -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c6 --- Comment #6 from Mike Donald <mikeduck@sky.com> 2011-03-18 05:33:08 UTC --- I removed preload/preload-kmp-desktop as advised. I also removed tracker and associated packages, for good measure :-) System is now booting normally again. Thanks. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c7 Alex Müller <bugzilla@go4more.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bugzilla@go4more.de --- Comment #7 from Alex Müller <bugzilla@go4more.de> 2011-06-05 03:58:14 UTC --- I can reproduce this problem with Tumbleweed. However, it does not occur on every boot. Just had it a few times during the last week. The process "preload" only consumes about 1%-2% of the CPU according to "top", however, the system is extremely sluggish (unusable) while this process is running. As soon as "preload" is finished, everything is smooth as usual. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680456#c8 Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #8 from Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com> 2011-09-01 13:43:21 CEST --- I dropped preload for 12.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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