ubuntuone-syncdaemon constantly dies then respawns because of too many files open

[Gord Allott]

Binary package hint: ubuntuone-client

bug discussed in #ubuntuone - result of too many files being open, of note was
2011-02-04 15:40:34,305 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon.local_rescan - DEBUG - Disk error while scanning path '/home/gord/Music', reason: [Errno 24] Too many open files: '/home/gord/Music

when asked to run the command killall ubuntuone-syncdaemon; /usr/lib/ubuntuone-client/ubuntuone-syncdaemon --debug

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ubuntuone-client 1.5.3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic-pae 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 4 15:50:54 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntuone-client
UbuntuOnePreferencesLog:
 2011-01-05 12:56:42,038 - ubuntuone-preferences - INFO - Starting Ubuntu One Preferences
 2011-01-05 12:56:43,995 - ubuntuone-preferences - INFO - Got credentials for Ubuntu One

[Guillermo Gonzalez (verterok)]

Hi Gord,

Thanks for reporting this.

I've found the cause of this problem. Tricask (the metadata storage used by syncdaemon) isn't properly compacting the data files, and so the number of files is growing without control.

Regards,