[Bug 655831] Re: update-apt-xapian-index bogs down system

[Otus]

The amount of memory it uses seems to depend on the number of packages
installed?

On my Precise netbook with 1GB ram it uses at least 150MB memory, which
pretty much always causes some swapping. Audio and video are completely
unresponsive for 5 minutes at a random time almost every day.

Sucks if there's something like a Skype call going on. Would be highly
embarrassing if I happened to be showing a presentation just then.

Maybe it should only run if no multimedia is on* and/or if there is a
lot of free memory? But really, there has to be something wrong with the
design, because apt/dpkg is much less intrusive when it's actually
installing the stuff and spinning the disk.

* Can the hints apps give to inhibit suspend and screensaver be used?

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to apt-xapian-index in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655831

Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index bogs down system

Status in Apt Xapian Index:
  New
Status in “apt-xapian-index” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

  This is related to bug 363695 but is not a dupe - that has been
  "fixed".

  every time the update-apt-xapian-index occurs, the system crawls.
  Possibly related to the I/O responsiveness bug of bug 131094.

  The process is extremely intrusive, taking simple things such as flash
  video and throwing the performance down the toilet.

  While this apport bug was collected via a Lucid machine this also
  affects maverick.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.25ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Oct  6 12:32:35 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt-xapian-index/+bug/655831/+subscriptions