I've written an email to the author of ConsoleKit inquiring about the issue. What follows is the text of my correspondence:
<quote> >Mr. McCann, > >Users on Ubuntu systems (myself included) are finding that ConsoleKit >generates several dozen processes and doesn't seem to release them. >Although no one of the processes takes up much memory or state, the aggregate >amount is significant, especially on resource constrained >systems. > >Is this expected behavior? If yes, could you shed some light on why so many >processes and threads need to remain open? If no, do you have any >idea whether the problem is in ConsoleKit or in the Ubuntu implementation of >ConsoleKit? > >From what I've read about ConsoleKit, it seems to be a sensible solution to >managing users and hardware access for desktop and other GUI >applications. However, the sheer number of running processes has many asking >whether the game is worth the candle. Your guidance on the >relative benefits and costs and on expected implementation of ConsoleKit would >be much appreciated. > >See the forum discussion at >http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-556272.html, and the bug report at >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/consolekit/+bug/148454. </quote> Happy Trails, Loye Young -- console-kit-deamon spawns too many threads https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148454 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
