I am running Ubuntu 14.04 fully updated. If left installed, mediascanner2.0 will at some point consume 100% of at least one core and multiply the access time to any HDD by a factor of five or more. Here is a thread from February at AskUbuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/q/587489/177437 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1294303 Title: Mediascanner-service-2 process is killing HD and consumes lot of CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mediascanner2/+bug/1294303/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
