tracker needs to be killed on every boot

[Danial Behzadi]

At every boot, tacker-miner-fs and tracker-extract uses all of the processor and needs to be killed manually for computer to work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: tracker 1.6.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-2.11-generic 4.3.0
Uname: Linux 4.3.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Dec 13 13:02:58 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-24 (232 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: tracker
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[granjerox (granjerox)]

Had to kill tracker after boot

MyUser@portaildell:~$ apt-cache policy tracker
tracker:
  Installed: 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 500
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.6.2-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

MyUser@portaildell:~$ apt-cache madison tracker
   tracker | 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 | http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
   tracker | 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 | http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages
   tracker | 1.6.2-0ubuntu1 | http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

MyUser@portaildell:~$ apt-cache policy tracker
tracker:
  Installed: 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 500
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.6.2-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
pagraher@portaildell:~$ apt-cache madison tracker
   tracker | 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 | http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
   tracker | 1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1 | http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages
   tracker | 1.6.2-0ubuntu1 | http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages

[ChrisOfBristol (chrisofbristol-deactivatedaccount)]

Similar problem, if I stop work it takes over and everything locks up, even though there doesn't appear to be anything to index according to "tracker status". Have had to remove it.

[Felix Köhler (felix-koehler)]

Just to confirm: this is still very relevant in 2020 :-(

[Orbatos (orbatos)]

To update: Per the Gnome team this is finally fixed in version 2.3.2, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/tracker/issues/95

I cannot verify as as this version is not avialable for any current version of Ubuntu, including Focal.

Please update the tracker version in supported channels.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

I see this in high CPU usage after going from Focal (where I did not see it) to Jammy (where it consumes about 2 to 3 cores)

[ExploreWiki (explorewiki)]

I originally thought I had this problem but it turns out it was nothing to do with tracker.

My problem was with the CPU being throttled to 500Mhz if I turned the power supply on at the wrong time during boot up.