From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 2 20:00:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F6B016A419 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:00:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3966613C468 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:00:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 02 Sep 2007 15:33:06 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.3-GA) with ESMTP id JBF41308; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:33:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 207-172-209-180.c3-0.bkl-ubr2.sbo-bkl.ma.static.cable.rcn.com (HELO sentinelchicken.net) ([207.172.209.180]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 02 Sep 2007 15:33:02 -0400 Received: (qmail 77382 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2007 19:33:02 -0000 Received: from aeryn.skepsi.net (HELO crichton.skepsi.net) (10.0.0.101) by aeryn.skepsi.net with SMTP; 2 Sep 2007 19:33:02 -0000 Received: (nullmailer pid 77379 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:33:02 -0000 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:33:02 -0400 From: Jason Morgan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070902193302.GA77131@sentinelchicken.net> References: <72d64df10709020831q7a4276c0l68f61027d2afbba0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <72d64df10709020831q7a4276c0l68f61027d2afbba0@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A090202.46DB0FEE.0063,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-12-09 10:45:40, dmn=5.3.14/2007-05-31 Subject: Re: xfce4 and 6.2: dbus-daemon is using 100% cpu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:00:52 -0000 On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:31:48AM -0400, Charlie wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm running 6.2-RELEASE on two systems (a Pentium 4 and a dual Athlon), and > whenever I log into Xfce4, I notice that a process called "dbus-daemon" is > invoked and eats up 100% of the CPU when no other processes are running. > > If another process is running, dbus-daemon only hogs about 50% of the CPU, > but this is still frustrating. If, for example, I am compiling a port, > dbus-daemon takes about 50% of my CPU time, leaving only half the > processor's time for compiling. > > I am fairly new to xfce, and googling the issue hasn't helped me out. Any > ideas? How can I fix dbus so it doesn't use so much CPU, or how can I > disable it completely? I know it is used for inter-application > communication, but I'm not entirely sure I need it (I don't see any adverse > effects when I kill it manually). > > I don't see anything unusual in /var/log/messages, nor any errors in > ~/.xsession-errors. > > Thanks for the help, > > Charlie I've run into this before (along with other dbus/Thunar issues) and it was only fixed by building XFCE from source. Installing from the package has always caused problems for me. I run XFCE on three workstations -- though I run -STABLE -- all of them had the same problem. I know, not much help. Cheers, ~Jason