at-spi-registry consumes most of the CPU and make the system unusable on Natty
Bug #729827 reported by
Aurélien RIVIERE
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unity |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Rodrigo Moya | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Rodrigo Moya | ||
Natty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Rodrigo Moya |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: at-spi
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 amd64 and Unity. My system is up to date from march 5th.
Often when I use an IM application like Empathy or emesene, Google Chrome (somebody else had the same problem using Firefox), or a music player like Banshee or Totem, my system become unusable. Indeed, most of the softwares freeze, and I can't launch a terminal or a webbrowser form Unity Launcher.
Tiping `top` on the tty1, I saw "at-spi-registry => 89% CPU" (on 3.3GHz quad-core)
I launched the command `sudo skill at-spi-registry` and the "tty8" became usable again.
tags: | added: a11y natty unity |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | none → 3.6.6 |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Natty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Rodrigo Moya (rodrigo-moya) |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Natty): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | 3.6.6 → 3.6.8 |
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Confirmed on an up to date Natty. CPU jumps to 90% and application relying on a11y hangs (for example I can still launch and use vim.gnome).
This seems to only be reproducible when Unity is running and I haven't seen it with the Classic Desktop.