Also happening to me in 12.04. This might be the first time I run into this issue. Despite the -c3 argument, I couldn't use my computer for a couple of minutes, resulting in even more sluggishness than a long kswapd0 run.
$ sudo sh -x /etc/cron.daily/mlocate + set -e + [ -x /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate ] + which on_ac_power + ON_BATTERY=0 + on_ac_power + [ 0 -eq 1 ] + LOCKFILE=/var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock + trap rm -f /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock EXIT + [ -e /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock ] + touch /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock + [ -x /usr/bin/ionice ] + /usr/bin/ionice -c3 true + IONICE=/usr/bin/ionice -c3 + /usr/bin/ionice -c3 /usr/bin/updatedb.mlocate + rm -f /var/lib/mlocate/daily.lock $ ls /etc/cron.daily/find ls: cannot access /etc/cron.daily/find: No such file or directory -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332790 Title: updatedb.mlocate slows applications to unusable state, while running To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/findutils/+bug/332790/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
