Saw this problem again this morning. I was able to capture the following snippet from /var/log/syslog. The final line repeats forever,
Oct 11 16:05:32 goldfinch org.gtk.vfs.AfcVolumeMonitor[1300]: creating volume for device uuid 'd1a75524819ff4aed47e3607f13824185382c319' Oct 11 16:05:32 goldfinch usbmuxd[7717]: [16:05:32.671][1] config_get_device_record: failed to read '/var/lib/lockdown/d1a75524819ff4aed47e3607f13824185382c319.plist': No such file or directory Oct 11 16:05:33 goldfinch usbmuxd[7717]: [16:05:33.221][1] config_get_device_record: failed to read '/var/lib/lockdown/d1a75524819ff4aed47e3607f13824185382c319.plist': No such file or directory Oct 11 16:05:34 goldfinch ModemManager[791]: <info> Couldn't find support for device at '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2': not supported by any plugin Oct 11 16:05:34 goldfinch usbmuxd[7717]: [16:05:34.222][1] config_get_device_record: failed to read '/var/lib/lockdown/d1a75524819ff4aed47e3607f13824185382c319.plist': No such file or directory Oct 11 16:05:35 goldfinch usbmuxd[7717]: [16:05:35.219][1] config_get_device_record: failed to read '/var/lib/lockdown/d1a75524819ff4aed47e3607f13824185382c319.plist': No such file or directory Oct 11 16:05:36 goldfinch usbmuxd[7717]: [16:05:36.221][1] config_get_device_record: failed to read '/var/lib/lockdown/d1a75524819ff4aed47e3607f13824185382c319.plist': 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/1707110 Title: fwupd is consuming 100% of CPU in an upto date Ubuntu 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream-glib/+bug/1707110/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs