Comment 14 for bug 320581

Hi,

I'm on Jaunty and I still have the problem.
Very annoying.

Thanks,

K

> could somebody try if that's still an issue on jaunty or karmic?
> upstream seems to think that's a GNOME bug
>
> ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu)
> Status: Triaged => Incomplete
>
> --
> gvfs-fuse-daemon halted with futex_wait signal
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320581
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>
> Status in gvfs: Invalid
> Status in ?gvfs? package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gvfs-fuse
>
> Since installing intrepid, I have had trouble with programs freezing. From
> what I have determined, it is caused by thread locking, and
> gvfs-fuse-daemon.
>
> The way to make it happen seems to be to use my computer for a while, and
> then sooner or later, a program freezes. When it does, if I open system
> monitor, it will show the waiting signal for the frozen program to be
> futex_wait, and will show the waiting signal for gvfs-fuse-daemon to be
> futex_wait.
>
> I've tried to find information about futexes, but the web is pretty quiet
> on the matter. This bug seems similar to bug 303190, but I think it's
> different.
>
> The only solution I have found to this bug is to kill the application that
> is frozen. This has happened to:
> - gnome-panel
> - gnome-do
> - firefox
> - eclipse
> - python
> - getty (I think)
> - and a few others
>
> Every now and then my computer freezes, and I think this is the culprit
> because if this happened to a process like gdm, it would cause me to be
> unable to figure out the waiting channel.
>
> Also, I'm not sure if this helps, but I installed with the encrypted drive
> option via the alternate installer.
>
> If there is anything I can do to provide a less subjective bug report, I'd
> love to help, but I've little idea where to go from here so this can be
> confirmed.
>
> I've attached a screenshot of system-monitor at the time of the current
> futex_wait lock-up.
>