Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:44:09 +0100 From: Nikola =?utf-8?B?UGF2bG92acSH?= <nzp@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to prevent gam_server from running? Message-ID: <20120216024408.GA57917@sputnjik.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20120215165738.75518ea9@cox.net> References: <20120215165738.75518ea9@cox.net>
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 04:57:38PM -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > Lately, I've been hovering hither and thither when it comes to which > desktop environment I choose when logging in, but several of them seem > to insist on starting gam_server, which is just a real CPU hog, and > once this thing is started, there's no stopping it. > PolicyKit is like that too. :) > I've looked and looked and still can't figure out how to disable it. I > can't even figure out where exactly it's being started from. Whether > it's GNOME or XFCE or what-have-you, at login, some add-on tool > somewhere is launching this thing, and I just plain don't want it! :-) It's not just desktop environments, a huge amount of 'normal' ports depend on it. I'm running a bare bones window manager and can't get rid of it. At first I thought polkit and gam_server were some kind of leftovers from a couple of months long experiment with KDE4, but after I made sure every last bit of KDE was gone from the system (it was like trying to kill those packs of core hounds in Molten Core[1]; older WoW players will appreciate the analogy) and tired to remove them, this is what I got (and still get; some of the more amusing dependants marked): # pkg_delete gamin\* pkg_delete: package 'gamin-0.1.10_4' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: ORBit2-2.14.19 atk-2.0.1 dbus-glib-0.94 desktop-file-utils-0.18 eggdbus-0.6_1 gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5_1 gio-fam-backend-2.28.8 libIDL-0.8.14_1 libcroco-0.6.2_1 libgee-0.6.2.1 libimobiledevice-1.0.6_2 liblqr-1-0.4.1_2 policykit-0.9_6 py27-dbus-0.84.0 shared-mime-info-0.90 <--- enchant-1.6.0 gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.0.1 glib-networking-2.28.7_3 libsoup-2.34.3 loudmouth-1.4.3_6 mcabber-0.10.1_2 <--- cairo-1.10.2_3,1 gobject-introspection-0.10.8 pango-1.28.4 graphviz-2.28.0 vala-0.12.1 gtk-update-icon-cache-2.24.6 gtk-2.24.6 dconf-0.5.1_3 polkit-0.99 gconf2-2.32.0_2 libgsf-1.14.21 gtk-engines2-2.20.2 librsvg2-2.34.1 ImageMagick-6.7.4.4_1 <--- goffice-0.8.17 wv-1.2.9 abiword-2.8.4_1 consolekit-0.4.3 libnotify-0.7.3_1 firefox-10.0,1 gstreamer-0.10.35 gstreamer-plugins-0.10.35_1,3 py27-cairo-1.8.10 py27-gobject-2.28.6 libgpod-0.8.0 libglade2-2.6.4_4 gtkpod-1.0.0 hal-0.5.14_18 hal-info-20091130 lxappearance-0.5.1 xorg-server-1.7.7_3,1 nvidia-driver-285.05.09 nvidia-settings-285.05.09 py27-gstreamer-0.10.22 py27-gtk-2.24.0 py27-notify-0.1.1_8 trayer-srg-1.1.4 vim-7.3.121 wine-1.4.r2,1 xf86-input-keyboard-1.5.0 xf86-input-mouse-1.6.0 xf86-video-nv-2.1.18 xf86-video-vesa-2.3.0_1 xorg-drivers-7.5.1 xorg-7.5.1 xplanet-1.2.2_1 xscreensaver-5.15 zenity-2.32.1_1 musicpd-0.16.7 Sure, some of these are not direct dependencies, but this is the end result. At that point I just sighed, gazed away from the computer and decided to leave it be. :) (Yes some of the stuff in that list can be weeded out with pkg_cutleaves but they end coming back as build dependencies of other stuff that I do need). > > Any clues, anyone? I'm really worn out from trying to solve this one. > At this point I guess any GTK+ application (and I bet a lot of KDE ones too) that even remotely has anything to do with Gnome is going to result in pulling in gam_server (gamin). Maybe it's even a plain GTK+ thing... It seems like a lost battle. But the CPU hogging sounds strange. On my machine it just sits there seemingly doing nothing with probably constant 0 % CPU load and a few processes. ---- [1] http://www.wowpedia.org/Core_Hound_Pack -- The thrill is here, but it won't last long You'd better have your fun before it moves along...
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