mediascanner in a crash loop
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mediascanner (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| mediascanner2 (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
On my rc-proposed krillin, mediascanner is crashing constantly, this causes apport to run and is eating up my cpu and thus battery. I can't find any log that's got any clues.
phablet@
terminate called without an active exception
Mediascanner service starting at 2015-09-21 4:30:50.
Volume /media/
terminate called without an active exception
Mediascanner service starting at 2015-09-21 4:30:52.
Volume /media/
terminate called without an active exception
Mediascanner service starting at 2015-09-21 4:30:53.
Volume /media/
terminate called without an active exception
Mediascanner service starting at 2015-09-21 4:30:54.
Volume /media/
terminate called without an active exception
Mediascanner service starting at 2015-09-21 4:30:55.
Volume /media/
terminate called without an active exception
| Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote | #1 |
| Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) wrote | #2 |
| Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in mediascanner (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
The result of this was the watchdog would see the crashes and reboot the device:-
Sep 21 17:29:43 ubuntu-phablet session-watchdog: 'mediascanner-2.0' (instance '') hit respawn limit - asking logind to reboot
To disable mediascanner as a workaround:-
echo manual >> ~/.config/