tracker-miner-fs-3 massive CPU usage and system slowdown

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1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
- 21.10

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

tracker-miner-fs:
  Installed: 3.1.3-1
  Candidate: 3.1.3-1
  Version table:
 *** 3.1.3-1 500
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen
- Ubuntu indexes the files in the background at a very low priority.

4) What happened instead
- Ubuntu grinds to a halt and the CPU usage is off the chart right after I boot up when search indexing is enabled. When checking the "System Monitor" it is always "tracker-miner-fs-3" consuming all of the resources.

I have been having problems with tracker-miner since 20.04 LTS and so I upgraded to 21.10 and I'm still having problems with search indexing bringing my system to its knees and making Ubuntu clunky and unusable.

I have attached a photo of my system specifications.

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My previous bug report for 20.04 is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker/+bug/1947920

I'm using the same system.

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The only fix I have found is to completely disable search indexing:

Settings > Search > Turn Off Search Indexing.

After doing this, my system is running perfectly again with low CPU usage!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Since upstream closed your first issue (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker/-/issues/334), please open a new one at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker/-/issues

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I've added a screenshot showing how much CPU tracker-miner is using.

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My system had some CPU throttling issues causing Ubuntu to lag, everything is fast again now. I have set this to invalid for now. I think something else is going on with my system.

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My CPU was limited to 500Mhz max causing the whole system to run super slow.

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The problem was when I switch on the AC power to my laptop at the wrong time during bootup, the CPU is limited to 500Mhz. I have to do it in the right order - switch on power supply first, then switch on laptop.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I've seen the same happen with SSD speeds. If you boot on battery then the SSD is put into a slower low power mode. It's only set to maximum speed if booted with the AC connected.

[ExploreWiki (explorewiki)]

I see that makes sense. In my case if I boot up on battery, the CPU runs full speed. If I boot up on AC the CPU runs full speed. But if I turn the AC power supply on at a specific time during boot up, it will run at a slower CPU speed! I have to turn the AC power off and then on again and then it runs at full CPU speed.