Public bug reported: My Unity 8 froze on my Nexus 4. After connecting it to USB and adb shell, I found that 'init --user' was using 100% CPU and 60% RAM (> 1g). I ran "ubuntu-bug upstart" while it was still running to try and gather any information about what it was doing.
root@ubuntu-phablet:/# system-image-cli -i current build number: 32 device name: mako channel: trusty last update: 2013-11-27 13:22:03 version version: 32 version ubuntu: 20131126.2 version device: 20131126 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: upstart 1.11-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.0-3-mako armv7l ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: armhf Date: Wed Dec 4 14:08:43 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-26 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) - armhf (20131126.2) ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: Session UpstartRunningSessionCount: 2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.11) upstart.tty1.override: manual upstart.tty2.override: manual upstart.tty3.override: manual upstart.tty4.override: manual upstart.tty5.override: manual upstart.tty6.override: manual ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug armhf avengers trusty ** Attachment added: "top running over adb shell" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1257880/+attachment/3923302/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-12-04%2014%3A01%3A01.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1257880 Title: Runaway init --user consuming CPU and RAM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1257880/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs