syncdaemon restarts every second when File Sync is disabled

[Gediminas Paulauskas]

Binary package hint: ubuntuone-client

I have disabled File Sync in Ubuntu One Control Panel, as there are no files in ~/Ubuntu One.

Then I noticed my system runs very slowly, load avg is > 1, and laptop fans are constantly spinning.

Turns out, there is a syncdaemon process eating up to 100% of CPU, and it cannot be killed because it dies and is restarted every second.

~/.cache/ubuntuone/log/syncdaemon.log

2011-04-18 17:42:02,992 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:03,901 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:04,780 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:05,629 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:06,496 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:07,359 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:08,359 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
2011-04-18 17:42:09,184 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - WARNING - Files synchronization is disabled.
... and so on.

~/.xsession-errors

** (nautilus:2189): WARNING **: Error calling current_status: Message did not receive a reply (timeo
ut by message bus)

** (nautilus:2189): CRITICAL **: syncdaemon_status_info_get_online: assertion `SYNCDAEMON_IS_STATUS_INFO (sinfo)' failed

** (nautilus:2189): WARNING **: Error calling get_folders: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

** (nautilus:2189): WARNING **: Error calling current_status: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)

and this is repeated lots of times.

Enabling File Sync fixed the problem.

[Natalia Bidart (nataliabidart)]

Hello,

we're aware of this issue, we're tracking the progress of the fix in bug #759714.

Thanks!