https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275 User pmorreale@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c1 --- Comment #1 from Peter Morreale 2009-01-14 20:04:11 MST --- Created an attachment (id=265177) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=265177) copy of /var/log/pk_backend_zypp Latest copy of /var/log/pk_backend_zypp. Note that something (logrotate?) created pk_backend_zypp-1 as well, however its 22MiB. -- 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=466275 Cyril Hrubis changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |ma@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=466275 User dmacvicar@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c3 Duncan Mac-Vicar changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dmacvicar@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Duncan Mac-Vicar 2009-01-19 07:47:44 MST --- I don't see anything in the logs, at 20:02 the packagekit backend was shutdown cleanly. It may be something related to the softlocks, as the logs show apparmor is in keep state. -- 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=466275 User ma@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c5 --- Comment #5 from Michael Andres 2009-01-20 10:29:30 MST --- 19:57 and 20:02 we just see libzypp being initialized (target only), then shutdown again. Looks like there is no request to initialize the repos or select and solve some packages. -- 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=466275 User ma@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c7 Michael Andres changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME | --- Comment #7 from Michael Andres 2009-01-22 02:00:06 MST --- @Peter: I don't think we need this 10MB log. It looks like something fires up the backend each 5 minutes without need and request. -- 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=466275 User pmorreale@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c9 --- Comment #9 from Peter Morreale 2009-01-23 08:31:23 MST --- (In reply to comment #8)

Which updater applet do you use? kupdateapplet, KPackageKit or gnome-packagekit (gpk-update-viewer)? Could you please attach a screenshot of the config dialo

Gnome. Not sure which one. Shot is coming however be aware that I have changed settings since then. Not precisely sure what they were back then. -- 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=466275 User tgoettlicher@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c11 Thomas Göttlicher changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info Provider|pmorreale@novell.com |sreeves@novell.com --- Comment #11 from Thomas Göttlicher 2009-01-23 08:58:58 MST --- Scott, do you know a bug in the gnome updater that triggers updates every 5 minutes? -- 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=466275 User pmorreale@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c13 --- Comment #13 from Peter Morreale 2009-01-27 15:53:10 MST --- (In reply to comment #12)

hmmm, would you mind doing the following in a terminal

1. kill all gpk-* processes - "sudo killall gpk-update-icon" 2. kill the daemon - "sudo killall packagekitd" 3. clear the logs - "sudo rm -rf /var/log/pk_backend*" 4. run updater verbose - "gpk-update-icon -v > gpk_updater.log"

5. just let it run quietly (ie don't install things or ...) for ~ hour and send the gpk_updater.log and the new pk_backend_zypp

hermosa:/home/pmorreale # killall gpk-update-icon hermosa:/home/pmorreale # killall packagekitd packagekitd: no process killed hermosa:/home/pmorreale # rm -rf /var/log/pk_backend_zypp* hermosa:/home/pmorreale # gpk-update-icon -v > /tmp/gpk_updater.log libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. and the log: pmorreale@hermosa:~> more /tmp/gpk_updater.log TI:15:50:45 TH:0x63e500 FI:egg-debug.c FN:egg_debug_init,306 - Verbose debugging 1 (on console 0)GPK_VERBOSE -- 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=466275 User pmorreale@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c15 --- Comment #15 from Peter Morreale 2009-01-27 19:59:00 MST --- (In reply to comment #14)

Don't run the updater as root - all the commands above that need root are run with sudo Thanks.

Doh. log forthcoming... -- 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=466275 User ma@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c17 --- Comment #17 from Michael Andres 2009-01-28 02:58:31 MST --- Peter, please attach the new /var/log/pk_backend_zypp as well. -- 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=466275 User pmorreale@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c19 --- Comment #19 from Peter Morreale 2009-01-28 07:49:24 MST --- (In reply to comment #18)

Created an attachment (id=268319) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=268319) [details] Log for update test

Errr, this is /var/log/pk_backend_zypp. This spanned the time period of the test I did below... -- 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=466275 User ma@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c21 Michael Andres changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|pmorreale@novell.com | AssignedTo|ma@novell.com |sreeves@novell.com --- Comment #21 from Michael Andres 2009-01-29 02:03:13 MST --- You are right, we at least have a change to find and fix the superfluous zypp launches. To me it looks like the gpk_auto_refresh_maybe_* calls match the times where libzypp is launched and the target gets initialized without further request, even if timeout is not expired. -- 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=466275 User tambet@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c23 --- Comment #23 from Tambet Ingo 2009-02-03 01:10:28 MST --- Why do you think NetworkManager's signal emission is to blame here? Yes, this used to be a problem in 0.6.x, but I'm pretty sure this is not happening in 0.7. The code has: if (saved_state != new_state) { saved_state = new_state; g_signal_emit (foo, signal, saved_state); } I also tried with a small test program: #include static void cb (libnm_glib_ctx *ctx, gpointer data) { g_print ("State changed: %d\n", libnm_glib_get_network_state (ctx)); } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { GMainLoop *loop; libnm_glib_ctx *ctx; g_type_init (); ctx = libnm_glib_init (); libnm_glib_register_callback (ctx, cb, NULL, NULL); loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE); g_main_loop_run (loop); return 0; } and it works exactly as I would expect it to work. -- 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=466275 User pmorreale@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466275#c25 --- Comment #25 from Peter Morreale 2009-03-27 08:41:46 MST --- (In reply to comment #24)

Well I had the same problem as described here. Furthermore the update icon spammed the desktop with notifications. I observed (on three different physical machines) that this only happens if you choose "install all updates automatically" in the update settings. Only installing security or no updates at all prevents this problem. Can anybody confirm?

I can only confirm that I have not seen the issue again and my updates config is set to "no updates". I have installed multiple updates since that time. I'm unsure as to whether I originally had the update configed to "install all updates". The pk-backend-zypp log is still getting hammered with log messages every ~5 minutes with approximately 10MB of text every 22 hours. This is beyond ridiculous. <sigh> -- 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.