CPU load unrelated to my actions. Unable to play DVDs. Unusual processes listed on System Monitor.

Bug #791494 reported by Roger Wilner
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gnome-games (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-games

Xorg shown as active process, described as "/usr/bin/X:0 -nr -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-GIcO9U/database -nolisten tcp vt7", using large amount of CPU. Users shown as the usual "root" (many ((usually 19!)) processes with -20 nice values), "oem" (machine name), "messagebus", "daemon", "postfix" and occasionally NO NAME shown for user. Sometimes, processes are shown twice, without different users. Entries in the Waiting Channel column such as "flush_work", "blk_execute_rq", "unix_stream_data_wait", "flock_lock_data_wait", which I hadn't seen before. Most processes without memory maps, and those I try to review jump around so they can't be read. The "postfix" process names hadn't appeared previously: cleanup, pickup, qmgr, trivial-rewrite, bounce (two different PIDs), sh, and sleep. One process, master, is shown with root as user. I have copied by hand more information from the System Monitor, but I'm not sure how much "further information" you want. My e-mail address is <email address hidden> .

The release I'm using is Natty, the kernel is Linux 2.6.38-8-generic, and the Gnome version is 2.32.1 .

The "sh" process is described both as "/bin/sh -c[-d "$HOME/Ubuntu One"] && ubuntuone-launch", shown without a user, and as "/bin/sh -c nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily", shown as "root" for user. "run-parts" is another process name, described as "--report /etc/cron-daily". I wonder what's going on when I read the process "gnome-keyring-daemon" described as "/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --foreground --components=secrets" and when the startup takes much longer than it did when Ubuntu first was used (there's no other operating system on the machine), with the Ubuntu tone split off from the Ubuntu screen and with a series of black screens and flashes before the desktop appears.

Sorry if this seems disjointed--I'm a newbie, and I'll proceed to read the guidelines and other information sources you cite.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-mahjongg 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 733a3695a3556d7ace122d96f6b96ff1
CheckboxSystem: 6ce041aeed0a2c17b3343b66d157175d
Date: Wed Jun 1 10:21:27 2011
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-games
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-08 (24 days ago)

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Roger Wilner (roger-wilner) wrote :
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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote : Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

security vulnerability: yes → no
visibility: private → public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-games (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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