Gnome Software causes heavy prolonged disk on start-up
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-software (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
After booting and logging in, it takes a long time for the computer to settle down and become properly usable. Heaving hard-disc activity by gnome-software which lasts for over a minute. This is revealed by `iotop` as the only application with around 99% of the disk access.
This is a serious problem on single-disk machines as programs can't properly start until it's over.
The program appears to be present in Startup Applications with the command `/usr/bin/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-software 3.20.1+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Oct 28 21:49:59 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-03 (147 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Phill (phill.l) wrote | #1 |
| gUI (guillaume-betous) wrote | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in gnome-software (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Hi !
Exact same issue on Ubuntu 16.10
On every start, I must wait about 1 minute before being able to open a single xterm.
iotop gives exact same result : gnome-software --gapplication-
Really annoying on harddrive laptop.
Is there a known workaround to stop this ?
Thanks !