Public bug reported: On my Ubuntu system, udev, init and upstart-udev-bridge each eat around ~8% CPU. On my Gentoo system at home (that also has Intel graphics), udev eats nothing.
Here is the "udevadm monitor" output: patra...@patrakov-desktop:~$ udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent KERNEL[1279711636.543757] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.545723] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.550036] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.556736] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.560277] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.562998] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.573643] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.575592] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.629531] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.631481] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.659774] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.661881] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.673441] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.675395] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.713191] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.715157] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.746274] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.748273] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.749674] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.753128] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.764809] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.766845] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.772156] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.774026] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.788969] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.792166] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.822973] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.824931] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) KERNEL[1279711636.828249] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) UDEV [1279711636.830143] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0 (drm) ...and so on So it looks like the graphics driver emits a useless uevent up to 200 times a second. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.32-23-generic 2.6.32-23.37 Regression: No Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21. Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: patrakov 4856 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Нет такого файла или каталога Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfdff8000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888' Components : 'HDA:80862803,80860101,00100000 HDA:10ec0888,1458a002,00100001' Controls : 44 Simple ctrls : 23 Date: Wed Jul 21 17:27:49 2010 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. tap0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EG41MFT-US2H ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=e154a633-7199-47fb-b225-fbfcaf458ace ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=ru_RU.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux dmi.bios.date: 09/30/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F2 dmi.board.name: EG41MFT-US2H dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd09/30/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnEG41MFT-US2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnEG41MFT-US2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: EG41MFT-US2H dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug graphics lucid needs-upstream-testing -- endless stream of uevents related to Intel onboard graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608201 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs