[Bug 60074] gnome-cups-icon uses all spare processor time

[Adam Buchbinder]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-cups-manager

Sometimes, for no discernible reason, gnome-cups-icon will start using
all available processor time. It's not using more memory than usual,
just more CPU time. If I kill -9 it, it dies immediately and CPU usage
returns to normal.

There doesn't appear to be a way to trigger this, but it will happen
every so often. Now, for instance, the icon isn't even active in the
panel, and I haven't printed anything in some time; I didn't do anything
specific that I can discern.

Is there a way to attach a debugger or tracing program to this process?
I'm leaving it running for now so that I can diagnose it if anyone has
suggestions as to how.

I am running gnome-cups-manager 0.31-1.1ubuntu13 on Ubuntu Dapper.

** Affects: gnome-cups-manager (upstream)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown
** Affects: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed
** Affects: gnome-cups-manager (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #355569
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355569

** Also affects: gnome-cups-manager (upstream) via
   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355569
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #377640
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377640

** Also affects: gnome-cups-manager (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377640
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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gnome-cups-icon uses all spare processor time
https://launchpad.net/bugs/60074