I may not be doing this correctly, but I ran the following to attempt to debug the running lightdm process using the package from the precise proposed ppa again. The command I ran is:
sudo gdb lightdm 24513 Of course, 24513 was the running lightdm process. Interesting thing here is, once gdb output debug info, the process stopped utilizing 100% of my cpu. Once I quit gdb, the process started utilizing 100% of a cpu core once again. If it helps, the debug output is in the attached file. ** Attachment added: "lightdm_gdb_output.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1431654/+attachment/4346642/+files/lightdm_gdb_output.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431654 Title: lightdm (1.2.3-0ubuntu2.6) 100%/high cpu usage Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Since updating lightdm today, one core of my CPU is always maxed out at 100%. I rolled back to version 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.5 and the issue stopped. I tried this with 2 different kernels: 3.2.0-77-generic and 3.2.0-79-generic and and version 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.6 of lightdm still caused 100% cpu usage. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: lightdm 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-77.114-generic 3.2.66 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-77-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 12 20:20:12 2015 ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/lightdm InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1431654/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp