[opensuse] ZMD runs flat out?
Hi all, In opensuse 10.2, on a dual core 64 bit CPU, I've noticed that the zmd updater thingy has a sub-process "update-status" which seems to run flat out from time to time. Typically it will do this immediately after startup, but it' does it at other times too. The symptoms are that one core of the CPU starts to run at 100%, and since this is a laptop, inevitably the fan starts to run flat out and the battery drain goes up a lot. This process seems to run for a long time (more than 15 minutes). This seems wrong to me. I don't know what it's doing exactly, but I assume it's checking my software versions against some central repository, so one would assume it should be IO bound looking at the disk or the network for most of its life. Obviously, I "should update to 10.3", but this is a working machine (in the sense that I make my living using it), so such an exercise isn't trivial and despite several other "compelling" reasons to do so, I'd really prefer to avoid doing that at least for a while longer. Any thoughts? Right now, I typically just kill it, but it would be nice if it did its thing properly and didn't just run free. Cheers, (and happy new year to all who use the same calendar as me :) Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 05/01/2008, Simon Roberts <thorpflyer@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi all,
In opensuse 10.2, on a dual core 64 bit CPU, I've noticed that the zmd updater thingy has a sub-process "update-status" which seems to run flat out from time to time. Typically it will do this immediately after startup, but it' does it at other times too. The symptoms are that one core of the CPU starts to run at 100%, and since this is a laptop, inevitably the fan starts to run flat out and the battery drain goes up a lot. This process seems to run for a long time (more than 15 minutes).
This seems wrong to me. I don't know what it's doing exactly, but I assume it's checking my software versions against some central repository, so one would assume it should be IO bound looking at the disk or the network for most of its life.
Obviously, I "should update to 10.3", but this is a working machine (in the sense that I make my living using it), so such an exercise isn't trivial and despite several other "compelling" reasons to do so, I'd really prefer to avoid doing that at least for a while longer.
If you uninstall ZMD (and its dependencies, you can use yast) you will get opensuse-updater tray applet instead. See http://opensuse-community.org/Repositories/10.2#Disable_ZMD or just remove it in yast -> software management. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi all,
In opensuse 10.2, on a dual core 64 bit CPU, I've noticed that the zmd updater thingy has a sub-process "update-status" which seems to run flat out from time to time. Typically it will do this immediately after startup, but it' does it at other times too. The symptoms are that one core of the CPU starts to run at 100%, and since this is a laptop, inevitably the fan starts to run flat out and the battery drain goes up a lot. This process seems to run for a long time (more than 15 minutes).
This seems wrong to me. I don't know what it's doing exactly, but I assume it's checking my software versions against some central repository, so one would assume it should be IO bound looking at the disk or the network for most of its life.
Obviously, I "should update to 10.3", but this is a working machine (in the sense that I make my living using it), so such an exercise isn't trivial and despite several other "compelling" reasons to do so, I'd really prefer to avoid doing that at least for a while longer.
I don't know why it does it but I'll add that it's the same on 10.3, regardless of the spec of the hardware I've tried the ZMD updater completely maxes out the CPU. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 05/01/2008, Matthew Stringer <qube@firstnet.co.uk> wrote:
I don't know why it does it but I'll add that it's the same on 10.3, regardless of the spec of the hardware I've tried the ZMD updater completely maxes out the CPU.
ZMD isn't included in 10.3, so it sounds like you're either not running 10.3, or have not upgraded properly (perhaps used smart or something), or are confusing opensuse-updater with zmd-updater. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Benji Weber wrote:
On 05/01/2008, Matthew Stringer <qube@firstnet.co.uk> wrote:
I don't know why it does it but I'll add that it's the same on 10.3, regardless of the spec of the hardware I've tried the ZMD updater completely maxes out the CPU.
ZMD isn't included in 10.3, so it sounds like you're either not running 10.3, or have not upgraded properly (perhaps used smart or something), or are confusing opensuse-updater with zmd-updater.
-- Benjamin Weber
The name changed that's true but it behaves the same, when it auto-checks for updates it maxes out the CPU (should have written it better). Matthew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Matthew Stringer escribió:
The name changed that's true but it behaves the same, when it auto-checks for updates it maxes out the CPU (should have written it better).
If you are sure that the new updater tools are going mad as zmd helper tools did in the past, open a bug report, this should not happend nowdays. -- "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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