[Bug 1190696] Re: updatedb.mlocate uses 100% of the hdd IO. The OS is completely unusable.
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1190696 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sat Mar 22 16:04:05 UTC 2014
3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 21:16:27 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
linux-generic-lts-saucy
$ apt-cache policy mlocate
mlocate:
Installed: 0.23.1-1ubuntu2
Candidate: 0.23.1-1ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 0.23.1-1ubuntu2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
98% disk usage during updatedb.mlocate rendering the system useless until the process is killed or finished.
>From atop:
DSK 98%
RDDDK 10100K
WRDSK 1052K
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Title:
updatedb.mlocate uses 100% of the hdd IO. The OS is completely
unusable.
Status in “mlocate” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
updatedb.mlocate uses 100% of the hdd IO. The OS is completely
unusable. This can go on for an hour. I have been fighting with this
on 3 separate computers for at least a month.
A very old related bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/332790
That bug was marked as fix released for Hardy.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: mlocate 0.25-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 13 08:11:38 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-09 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mlocate
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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