lxdm-binary load 100% cpu

[max steel]

after system update today (20-11-2011), the lxdm-binary took all of my cpu resource (more than 50% on task-manager list and 100% on gnome-system-monitor). so my laptop heat increase significanly. (my laptop is Compaq CQ40-412AU).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lxdm 0.4.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 20 12:09:30 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/lxdm-binary
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: lxdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Timo Sulg (timgluz)]

I have Ubuntu 11.04 and just installed lxdm with version (0.3.0) and i had similar problem. Best solution so far is to forgot lxdm.

[lan1967 (5tarasm)]

I have Ubuntu 11.10
I get the following report about lxdm
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND

root 1127 80.0 0.1 5236 2448 ? Rs 17:16 0:49 lxdm-binary

If I kill the proccess the sound is not playing.
Thank you for your attention.

[lan1967 (5tarasm)]

Acer - Aspire-5315 3.0.0-15-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 2 17:45:26 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Architecture: i386
lxdm 0.4.1-0ubuntu4

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[SBKch (ssbkch)]

This bug makes my system almost unusable..
oneiric
lxde 0.5.0-4ubuntu3
libglib2.0-0 2.31.23+git20120319.322c6e93-0ubuntu1~11.10~ricotz0 - can't downgrade because it would broke system, gimp 2.7.x/2.8.x requires it

[SBKch (ssbkch)]

lxdm 0.4.1-0ubuntu4
sudo killall -s 9 lxdm-binary helps temporary

[caludo (b-l-e-y)]

I'm on precise, lxdm version 0.4.1-0ubuntu6.

Process hierarchy:

lxdm-binary
-> awesome
->/usr/bin/X -background none :0 vt07 -nolist ...

Here is an strace of the lxdm-binary after login with an awesome window manager session.

ls -lh /proc/1442/fd

lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 0 -> /dev/null
l-wx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 1 -> /var/log/lxdm.log
l-wx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 2 -> /var/log/lxdm.log
l-wx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 3 -> /var/log/lxdm.log
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 4 -> socket:[11506]
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 5 -> socket:[11508]
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 6 -> anon_inode:[eventfd]
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 7 -> socket:[11688]
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 15:03 8 -> socket:[15049]
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Apr 30 10:10 9 -> socket:[15514]

[Removed by request (removed3425744)]

The problem appears only if ecryptfs is used. A workaround is to login into your console before login with LXDM. After this you can logout from your console. I have opened a report here too: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxdm/+bug/922363
There is a link to an upstream bug report and a patch with the changes dgod has posted on the upstream report.

[Removed by request (removed3425744)]

Here is the upstream report: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3548688&group_id=180858&atid=894869
I have attached the patch here too.

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[Marc MAURICE (dooblem)]

The patch works with a tiny change.

Here is the new patch.

I confess I tested it in Manjaro Linux, but it should be the same on Ubuntu.

[Gromobir (gromobir)]

Unfortunately, this still doesn't work in the latest Trisquel release. Can anyone confirm that Ubuntu itself isn't affected anymore?

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> Can anyone confirm that Ubuntu itself isn't affected anymore?

On Ubuntu 13.10 dev lxdm-binary is still using 100% of cpu time of one core.

[Bob Barry (bobb40)]

Is this ever going to be fixed? I'm running Trisquel Toutatis Mini, and still have to login to console before lxde login to avoid 100% usage by lxde. Apt-get shows my system fully up-to-date.

[Removed by request (removed3425744)]

> Is this ever going to be fixed?

I would like seeing this fixed too especially as we have a patch here that could be maybe used as a package specific changeset.

The next LTS release is comming and this major bug does unfortunately preventing me from recommending Ubuntu with LXDE to other persons as such workarounds are not acceptable for normal users.

[Gromobir (gromobir)]

I agree: Please fix this.

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I'm now on Ubuntu 15.04 dev with lxdm 0.5.0-1 and the bug doesn't appear there anymore.