sucks up 100% of CPU when started via tsocks

[Rolf Leggewie]

random.ircd.de apparently requires a German IP so I use tsocks to reroute my traffic. "tsocks pidgin" then indeed logs me in successfully but consumes 100% of CPU and input is sluggish (pidgin consumes the CPU cycles, not tsocks)

$ dpkg -l pid*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===============================-====================-====================-===================================================================
ii pidgin 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1 i386 graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X
ii pidgin-blinklight 0.11.1-2 i386 Blinks your ThinkPad's ThinkLight upon new messages
ii pidgin-data 1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.1 all multi-protocol instant messaging client - data files
un pidgin-facebookchat <none> <none> (no description available)
ii pidgin-libnotify 0.14-9ubuntu2 i386 display notification bubbles in pidgin

[David Chandler (dechandler10)]

I'm also seeing the same issue.

~ $ pidgin -v david@sol
Pidgin 2.10.10 (libpurple 2.10.9)

~ $ pidgin & david@sol
[1] 8666

~ $ ps aux | awk '$2~/8666/ {print $0}' david@sol
david 8666 2.7 0.4 1191776 48932 pts/0 SNl 16:47 0:00 pidgin

~ $ kill 8666 david@sol

~ $ david@sol
[1] + 8666 done pidgin

~ $ tsocks pidgin & david@sol
[1] 8702

~ $ ps aux | awk '$2~/8702/ {print $0}' david@sol
david 8702 101 0.3 1192360 47288 pts/0 RNl 16:48 0:22 pidgin

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Thanks, David. Please make sure to click the knob in the upper part of the Launchpad page of this ticket where it says "Does this affect you".

[Larry E Works (larry-e-works)]

Have you tried using the SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy options in the pidgin settings instead of running it through tsocks?

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Thanks, Larry. No, I had not tried that option. I do not connect to random.ircd.de and I am frequently in Germany, so don't need the workaround via SOCKS all the time. As such, I prefer to do this on an as-needed basis.

That being said, I'm happy to say I can no longer reproduce this on bionic. How about you, David?